Women's History

Votes for Women Cup and Saucer

The "Votes for Women" motto was used in 1909 at the famous suffrage rally at Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection is inspired by the original tea service that was created for Alva Vanderbilt a leading suffragist of the time, this cup...

Embroidered Suffragist Ornament

The Votes for Women motto was used in 1909 at the famous suffrage open house at Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island and by Mrs. Alva Erksine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont on her personal tea service. Made by hand and based out of London, our line of...

Votes for Women Pennant Ornament

The Votes for Women motto was used in 1909 at the famous suffrage open house at Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island and by Mrs. Alva Erksine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont on her personal tea service. This banner ornament is in the traditional purple and...

Votes for Women Suffragette Ornament

This American suffragette proudly carries a banner with the "Votes for Women" motto. Her elegant red ensemble is completed by a black hat with a plume of jaunty white feathers. Dimensions: 6.5 x 2.5 inches Item #021798

Embroidered Plush Votes for Women Ornament

The Votes for Women motto was used in 1909 at the famous suffrage open house at Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island and by Mrs. Alva Erksine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont on her personal tea service. Made by hand and based out of London, our line of...

Stone Coaster "Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History"

Made in Rhode Island100% Botticino Tumbled MarbleNo Resins or PolymercompositesEach tile is hand-selected for superior quality, beauty, and color. Carved from large blocks, making every cut unique. Measures: 4" x 4" Item# 7430

Suffragette Votes for Women Mug

This decorative mug gives vivid life to the time just a century ago when American women took to the streets to secure the right to vote. Featuring five bold suffragists in gilded sashes, this image is reproduced from original suffrage campaign...

A Well Behaved Woman - Softcover

The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler, a New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.

Well Behaved Women Plate

"Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History" is the phrase coined by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich that describes strong women with an urge to succeed. This sassy, ceramic piece can be used to add a bit of fun to your tabletop or as a decorative conversation piece...

The Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess - in Her Own Words. By Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan

A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir-the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey. Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead...

Votes for Women Cap - White

Votes for Women Cap - White Show your support for a historic cause with the Newport Mansions' Votes for Women Cap in classic white. Featuring the powerful "Votes for Women" slogan, this cap honors the suffragette movement and the fight for equality. Made...

The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy

By Anne de Courcy A deliciously told group biography of the young, rich, American heiresses who married into the impoverished British aristocracy at the turn of the twentieth century – The real women who inspired Downton Abbey. Towards the end of...

Votes for Women Eyeglass Case

Safeguard your spectacles in our microfiber eyeglass case with matching lens cloth. This inspired Votes for Women eyeglass case gives vivid life to the time just a century ago when American women took to the streets to secure the right to vote. The woman...

Alva Vanderbilt, Woman's Rights Coaster

Made in Rhode Island100% Botticino Tumbled MarbleNo Resins or PolymercompositesEach tile is hand-selected for superior quality, beauty, and color. Carved from large blocks, making every cut unique. Measures: 4" x 4" Item# 4688

Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt

“A dual life story that reads as pleasurably as the best fiction but with all the intelligence of a first-rate biography.... completely absorbing.”—Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire The granddaughter of the...

Votes for Women T-Shirt

The "Votes for Women" motto was used in 1909 at the famous suffrage rally at Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island. This soft blue T-shirt is based on the vintage pin from the early women’s suffrage movement, encouraging women to claim their right...

To Marry an English Lord

From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles. Filled with vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period details--plus photographs, illustrations, quotes,...

Gilded Dreams

From the author of Gilded Summers, comes a powerful novel of the last eight years of the American Women’s fight for suffrage.  Gilded Dreams is a historical, action packed love letter to the women who fought so hard for all women who stand on the...

Legendary Ladies

Goddesses Mythology Inspiration Readers who have enjoyed Warrior Goddess Training or Women Who Run with the Wolves will love Ann Shen's Legendary LadiesGoddesses from mythology: Goddess mythology from our past are celebrated...

The Decoration Of Houses: New Edition

In addition to her fame as a novelist, Edith Wharton has now been recognized as an arbiter of taste and correct usage in the making of domestic interior rooms, and Odgen Codman, Jr., has achieved recognition as a revivalist architect of the first rank...