She Wolves of Wall Street

The book by historian Paulina Bren is a look at Wall Street from a non-traditional entrance. From the 1960s until September 11, 2001, the trading world remained a stronghold of male power, where women were not treated kindly.

Bren tells how, generation after generation—from Brooklyn secretaries to Harvard Business School graduates—women tried to break into the place where big money circulates. It is a chronicle of persistence, ingenuity, and refreshingly modest results. “She Wolves of Wall Street” is a document of the era, a sober and gripping account of the collision of women, finance, and New York.