"Women now make up more than 40 percent of business school enrollments and 52 percent of entry-level finance jobs, but they remain underrepresented in most positions of power in finance, filling only around 27 percent of C-suite roles."
"The lack of female leaders is surely not unrelated to the moderating but still steady stream of gender discrimination tales; women have been fighting nearly since the time of the buttonwood tree to be accepted by the finance industry."
"In She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street, the historian Paula Bren takes us on a lively journey through many of these women's careers, showing how ingenuity and dogged persistence led to occasional bursts of success."
"Investment banks and brokerage houses may be based anywhere and securities change hands at the speed of light through unseen digital networks. One of the few things that remains stubbornly consistent is its status as one of the world's most intractable boys' clubs."
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