By Melinda Grenier and Marisa Gertz, Bloomberg
In honor of International Women’s Day, we’d like to introduce you to some Americans who made history in finance, investing and economics. They include a “Madam Railroad” and the “Witch of Wall Street” and all have something in common: They broke barriers in their fields, often in the face of daunting odds.
And just in case you think those odds are the stuff of ancient history, consider this: A female broker who filed a recent sexual-discrimination lawsuit against her employer said she found a witch's hat on her desk one morning as part of what she claims was a “campaign of harassment.”