The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...
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The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene ... of authority – Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 ...
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The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
With this breezy pronouncement, Belle ... “da Costa” a subtle claim to her Portuguese ancestry. When banking magnate J.P. Morgan sought a librarian in 1905, his nephew Junius Morgan recommended Greene ...