The Museum of Finance in New York is located appropriately so, on Wall Street. Continuing through the 16th of January, 2010 is an exhibit that focuses on the “Women of Wall Street”, which highlights some of the most influential New York business women throughout history through to these modern times. Admission to the exhibit is just $8, and it is well worth the price. It is quite a popular notion that the world of Wall Street is a man’s world, but exhibit illustrates that this is just not the case.
I recently went to the exhibit with a few of my female friends and when we booked rooms at one of the small hotels, New York became our oyster with a pearl. That pearl being the day we spent at the show. Now I’m not a business woman, a bit more on the artistic side of life I lean, but many of my friends are and I greatly respect and admire them. The show is in two parts, one that features the notable business women in history and the second bit focuses on the women of modern business.
Five historical women are featured. Muriel Siebert was the first woman who bought her seat at the New York Stock Exchange. Abagail Adams and Victoria Woodhull are featured. As well as the first woman financial tycoon on Wall Street, Hetty Green and Isabel Benham who began her bond analyst career in 1931. During these early years this was a world that was in fact dominated by men, but through tenacity and intelligence these women succeeded in this world quite well.
The second part which features modern women, focuses on just how influential women have become in the world of business today. Many of these women will be in attendance to talk about their perspectives of being in a women in the world of business and finance, and to speak of their varied experiences as the climbed the ladder of success. When my friends and I left the museum we walked through the streets of the city talking about just how far we have been able to come, because of the women who have walked before us. It was a great day out, with great friends, in one of the greatest cities in the world.
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