# Professor Richard Sylla is interviewed about the significance of the "Fearless Girl" statue on Wall Street

1 Faculty News April 20, 2017 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fearless-girl-ignites-debate-about-art-wall-street-and-the-lack-of-female-executives/2017/04/20/47ec6d52-239b-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?utm_term=.f0493bdcfd50) -- “'Wall Street got started under Alexander Hamilton, and it was almost exclusively a province of males and it has just continued that way,' said New York University financial historian [Richard Sylla](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/richard-sylla)."

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