SHE-WOLVES
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Reviews:
“Through a combination of original interviews and research, its protagonists are shown in all their complexities. Bren has an instinct for memorable, demonstrative detail....[She] captures the feeling of the culture.” — The Washington Post
“[Part] social history, part very good financial-district portraiture, She-Wolves tracks the dogged, often futile efforts of women to breach what had long been a male preserve...They made it possible for the next generation to do better.” — The Wall Street Journal
In “She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street,” the historian Paulina Bren takes us on a lively journey through many of these [Wall Street] women’s careers, showing how ingenuity and dogged persistence led to occasional bursts of success…She-Wolves is filled with intriguing anecdotes…But these decades of struggle, exhaustively recounted in Bren’s book, have led to surprisingly meager progress…[reminding us] that it remains an old boys club.” —The New York Times
“fascinating, richly engaging exposé” — New York Post
“An enthralling chronicle of how the first generation of women to work in New York City’s financial sector fought for equality…what sticks with readers will be the resourcefulness and resilience of Bren’s subjects… It’s a sharp look at the difficulties women faced breaking up Wall Street’s boys club.” — Publisher’s Weekly
“A significant study of the trailblazing women who broke through the Wall Street barrier… Writing with flair and passion, Bren salutes the courage and talent of true groundbreakers.” ― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Applause for a searingly honest, detailed history of women working in American finance.” ― Booklist
Blurbs for She-Wolves:
“With verve and vivid detail, She-Wolves tells the true collective story of women who calculated, analyzed, sold, bought, and traded their way to the top of the financial system. It's a riveting tale of trades and trade offs, ticker tape and triumphs, sexism and strategy, ambition and ascent, as women dealt themselves into the game.” ― Liza Mundy, author of New York Times bestseller Code Girls
“A marvel of enterprising research and readerly delights. From the ambitious ‘clairvoyant’ sisters who founded Wall Street’s first women’s firm to a 1990s whisper network that traded in ‘survival hints,’ Paulina Bren’s untold history of women and finance is deliciously tangible―and timely. If you didn’t already appreciate the gains of #MeToo, you will now.” ― Kate Bolick, author of New York Times bestseller Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
“Superb… Paulina Bren proves herself to be a master storyteller… Illuminating, exasperating, at times hilarious, She-Wolves is a must read for anyone hoping to understand where women in the United States have been and how much further they have to go.” ― Mary Gabriel, author of Ninth Street Women
“The fascinating story of the women who entered the male domain of Wall Street, enduring despicable behavior vividly documented by brilliant historian Paulina Bren. Her writing, both gorgeous and pithy, brings to life their triumphs and grit, sure to endure with readers long after the book ends.” ― Amy Odell, author of New York Times bestseller Anna: A Biography
“If I had a penny for every time my jaw hit the floor while reading She-Wolves, well, I’d probably have the salary of a woman on Wall Street in 1970…This fast-paced, detail-packed story takes readers from the 1960s, when a few brave women dared set foot in the traditionally masculine spaces of Harvard’s Business School and the New York Stock Exchange, all the way up to the early 2000s, when a larger minority of women navigated the complex, cloaked sexism of the Street amidst a whirlwind of computer evolutions and social change…Bren’s deft narrative is many things at once. It’s general enough to provide background and context, even for those who don’t know much about Wall Street. It’s specific enough to thrust the reader right into the fray, with scores of incredible first-person accounts of fur coat shopping sprees, rampant cocaine use, and trading floor shoving matches. But perhaps most importantly, it’s nuanced enough to shed a multi-faceted light on a complex history. After all, this isn’t the story of one woman on Wall Street. It’s the story of women on Wall Street. And it’s one we should all know. ― Rebecca Siegel, author of To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts