Nearly 10 years ago, the New York University professor, historian and Pulitzer Prize winner was sitting in historic First Congregational Church, admiring a triptych of stained glass windows installed ...
She was also a Black woman who passed as white. Born in 1879, Belle was the daughter of two ... her procurement of the highly ...
She was also a Black woman who passed as white. Born in 1879 ... and a liturgical vestment is draped over the bookcase. Looking directly at the viewer, Greene is assured and poised.
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...