Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Alva Belmont

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OriginalAlva Belmont in 1922
Reason
Notable sufragette, one of the founders of the Metropolitan Opera, playwright, divorcée in an era when that was shocking - Alva Belmont was a powerhouse of her time. And this is by far the best image I've found for her. Now, mind, it's from after she was a bit older, but given she never stopped being active (and was doing a LOT in 1922), that's not a huge deal. It does open us up to having a second FP, perhaps. I chose this one as it focused on her face more than some of the others.
A couple notes:
  • I didn't bother waiting a week for the image to stabilise because the article was last edited two months ago. The 100th anniversary of Women's Suffrage in the U.S. is next year, though, so getting the suffragette articles ready is a good idea.
  • There is a bright patch on the bridge of her nose. It also appears in File:Mrs_ohp_belmont_5-20-22.tif - which was taken around the same time, but which clearly has a different background and pose, so I believe the lighter bit to be genuine.
Articles in which this image appears
Alva Belmont
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Bain News Service restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Mrs. O.H.P. (Alva) Belmont (Cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:33, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]