On International Women's Day, a bronze statue of a girl was erected on Wall Street opposite the famous bronze bull statue. It is a symbolic high-profile warning about the power of women, which was put out by the financial company State Street Global Advisors. It was made by artist Kristen Visbal.
Bronze statue of the bull on Wall Street (Bowling Green Park, lower Manhattan, New York), a symbol of good times, got company after 28 years. Fearless little girl. A statue Kristen Visbal quickly became an attraction for tourists and photographers.
It was set up by a financial company State Street Global Advisors, which simultaneously announced a campaign to pressure thousands of companies in which it invests to grow the number of women on boards of directors.
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In front of the statue it is written: "The influence of women's knowledge in management." She makes the difference.” As she said Lori Heinel, deputy chief investment officer at State Street, analysis shows that there are an average of eight men and one woman on American corporate boards, even though all research shows that mixed managements produce better results. The statue is said to have stood on this spot one week, if the negotiations with the New York city authorities are successful, the bull, which in 1989 set up in the middle of the night and without permission, kept the company longer.
She was the model for the statue 9-year-old girl of South American roots, and it depicts a young fearless woman ready for change, so it seems an even more fitting partner for the bull, which symbolizes the survival of Americans after the 1987 stock market crash.
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