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[2022]
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"In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J.P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at...
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c2008
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Host LeVar Burton introduces the book "Ruth Law thrills a nation" by Don Brown, which describes the record-breaking flight of a daring woman pilot from Chicago to New York in 1916. Also shows film clips of other pioneering women pilots, including Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart, and Jackie Cochran, and shows a modern 17-year-old girl demonstrating how she has learned to fly a plane.