A 1910 watercolor portrait of Belle da Costa Greene by Laura Coombs Hills.
Courtesy of The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene.
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This Black librarian rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing
“Just because I am a librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene handily differentiated herself from most librarians.
