Celebrate Belle da Costa Greene, the trailblazing librarian who shaped the Morgan Library. As its first director, she overcame racial barriers during the Gilded Age to pioneer education and culture.

Explore her extraordinary journey and impact at the Morgan Library’s centennial exhibition, running until May 4, 2025.

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Morgan Library Celebrates the Incredible Life of the "Most Fascinating Librarian in American History"

This woman is seriously amazing, especially when you consider how she grew up during segregation and in a time when women couldn't vote or even open a bank account on their own.

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The Extraordinary Story of Black Librarian Belle da Costa Greene

A new exhibition at the Morgan Library explores the legacy of its inaugural director, who amassed a trove of rare books and prints while passing as a White woman in segregated America.

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One for #LibrarianMastodon - did you know that Harney & Sons makes a Bella da Costa Greene-themed tea? It may have her boss in the pic on the tin, but here for this.

May need to pick up more next time I’m in NYC, recently re-discovered among my tea hoard and it’s so good.

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