In a controversy that can only be described as hilariously ironic, Boston-based bank and asset manager State Street Corp – which famously created and installed the “fearless girl” statue, purportedly symbolizing Wall Street’s progress toward gender equality in the workplace - to be a symbol of Wall Street’s progress toward gender equality, earlier
Wall Street Bank Behind “Fearless Girl” Statue Fined For Underpaying Women
The Wall Street firm used the statue to tout its efforts to promote more women to senior positions – a program that was initiated in 2010 – the same year that the bank began underpaying women