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
She also earned US$10,000 a year, about $280,000 today, while other librarians were making roughly $400. She was also a Black woman who passed as white. Advertisement Born in 1879, Belle was the ...