Michaela L. Walsh (born in Kansas City, Missouri),[1] financier, banker, founder and first president of Women's World Banking. Walsh was one a handful of women working on Wall Street in the 1950s[2] when she became the first female manager to represent Merrill Lynch in its Beirut, Lebanon office in 1960.[3] In 1970, Walsh became the first woman to make partner at the Wall Street brokerage firm Boettcher and Company.[4] In 1972, Walsh joined the Rockefeller Brothers Fund as a program associate, which led to her attending the 1975 World Conference on Women held in Mexico City, where the idea of Women’s World Banking emerged.[5] In 1978, Walsh served as a project director at the US Congressional Office of Technology Assessment where she consulted on appropriate technology.[6] Walsh became a co-founder of Women’s World Banking and its first president, a position she held from 1980 to 1990.[7]
Michaela L. Walsh | |
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| Born | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Manhattanville College |
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| Known for | Founder and first president of Women's World Banking |
Education
editWalsh attended Manhattanville College for one year before finishing her education at Kansas City University (now UMKC). She attended Hunter College (CUNY), earning a degree in English literature in 1971.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Michaela Walsh Full Biography". Michaelawalsh.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ Scutts, Joanna (April 19, 2006). "The Woman Who Kicked Down Wall Street's Doors". Time. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ Fraser, Arvonne S.; Tinker, Irene, eds. (2004). Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development. New York: The Feminist Press. p. 115.
- ^ Useem, Michael (1998). The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All. New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780812932300.
- ^ Olcott, Joyce (2017). International Women's Year: The Greatest Consciousness-raising Event in History. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 227.
- ^ US Office of Technology Assessment (2016). An Assessment of Technology for Local Development. Tallahassee: University Press of Florida.
- ^ Hylton, Richard D. (July–August 1989). "Social Ventures". Mother Jones. 14 (6): 46.
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