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Belle da Costa Greene (n. 13 decembrie 1883, Alexandria, Virginia, SUA – d. 10 mai 1950, New York City, New York, SUA) a fost prima femeie de culoare bibliotecară la Pierpont Morgan. Ea a organizat și dezvoltat biblioteca personală a lui J.P. Morgan, iar după moartea lui Morgan în 1913, a continuat să lucreze ca bibliotecară pentru ...
Belle da Costa Greene (named Belle Marion Greener at birth) grew up in a predominantly African American community in Washington, DC. Her father, Richard T. Greener, was the first Black graduate of Harvard College and a prominent educator and racial-justice activist. After Belle’s parents separated, her mother, Genevieve Ida Fleet Greener, changed her surname and that of the children to ...
22. Aug. 2023 · Figure 1 Belle Da Costa Greene. Theodore C. Marceau. 1911. Belle Da Costa Greene was a Black woman born to two Black parents but was light skinned enough to “pass” as white. Greene came of age in the early 20th century and hid her identity as a Black woman to achieve success, even going so far as to invent a Portuguese grandmother to ...
Erica Cialella, 2020–2022 Belle da Costa Greene Fellow: Born in 1879, Belle da Costa Greene was named Belle Marion Greener at birth. She grew up in a predominantly African American community in Washington, DC. Her father, Richard T. Greener, was the first Black graduate of Harvard College and a prominent educator and racial justice activist.
Belle da Costa Greene died in 1950. Only when Morgan biographers probed her past did they learn her secret. But, by then, hailed as “the soul of the Morgan Library,” she was seen as a treasure herself. Rather than remember her as a black woman who “passed,” biographers marveled at the unlikely partnership.
22. Sept. 2022 · Belle da Costa Greene, the Morgan Library & Museum’s first director, worked devotedly to expand, organize, and research the museum’s collection. Outside of her role at the Morgan, she acquired works of art and curated a substantial personal collection of works on paper, sculpture, and paintings. In collaboration with the museum’s curatorial teams, I researched Greene’s art collection ...
Belle da Costa Greene (named Belle Marion Greener at birth) grew up in a predominantly African American community in Washington, DC. Her father, Richard T. Greener, was the first Black graduate of Harvard College and a prominent educator and racial-justice activist. After Belle's parents separated, her mother, Genevieve Ida Fleet Greener, changed her surname and that of the children to Greene ...
