Petticoats and Pinstripes: Portraits of Women in Wall Street's History

Portraits of Women in Wall Street's History

This fascinating work presents biographical essays about women from the colonial period to modern times, chronicling the previously untold story of the female financial experience in the United States.

• Explores the female financial experience in the United States from the colonial period to modern times

• Presents the history of women on Wall Street by placing personalities in the context of both Wall Street's development and prevailing political and cultural times

• Identifies common themes and issues confronted by women in finance

• Provides two quick-reference appendices, one describing the significance of particular women and a second that provides a chronology of milestones