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 ...

Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

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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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