This month's title is A Well -behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler. Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built nine mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement.  You will receive a reminder email the day before. The Zoom link will be sent out 2 hours before we meet. Copies are available at the Library or you can download it on the Hoopla app.