Wall Street women — though often tough, tenacious and outspoken — are not a crowd accustomed to street protest. And many of them are employed by financial companies whose share prices have surged since Mr. Trump’s election, a move that could sweeten their compensation. But the inauguration of Mr. Trump has prompted a striking number of Wall Street women to overcome their worries about demonstrating in public. Some spoke, too, of concerns that what little progress they had seen on issues of fairness and diversity on Wall Street in recent years would be unwound in Mr. Trump’s America. Ms. Lebenthal, who runs one of the largest woman-owned brokerages on Wall Street, said she was unmoved by client concerns.

Source: New York Times January 20, 2017 00:13 UTC