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, auction houses and art galleries. She was also a Black woman who passed as white ...
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The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
She was also a Black woman who passed as white ... so fashionable in dress and appointments” that she could impress any stranger with her “overflowing joie de vivre.” Viewed through a ...
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The Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Passing
In the early 20th century — a time when men held most positions of authority — Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...