From Publishers Weekly

Once exclusively male preserves, Wall Street brokerage houses and investment banks have in this decade seen the rise of women to top executive ranks. Fisher, a former Fortune editor, describes several remarkable women who have made it big in the world of high finance, e.g., Elaine Garzarelli of Shearson Lehman Hutton; Susan Byrne, founder of Westwood Management; and Brenda Landry of Morgan Stanley. The book is best when recounting the cutthoat competition and grueling schedule (constant travel and 100-hour workweeks) that the "money business" demands of its practitioners. Fisher falters when ascribing to cliched pop-psychology notions that women are more nurturing and well-balanced than men. This well-written book is both a good general introduction to Wall Street and a thorough report on the increasingly important role that women are playing there. Fortune Book Club alternate.

Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

While this is not a comprehensive, scholarly treatment of women in the financial world, it is valuable in that it presents insights into the unique problems women face in a traditional male enclave and provides an interesting analysis of power and politics on Wall Street from the perspective of women. Based on extensive interviews with women brokers and bankers, this is an important contribution to the literature on feminism. It may encourage more research on an important topic; unfortunately, the author provides no bibliography. Recommended for women's studies collections and general audiences.

- Eleanor A. Schwab, South Dakota State Univ., Brookings

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