Tales from the Boom-Boom Room: Women vs. Wall StreetISBN: 978-1-57660-078-8
Hardcover
384 pages
November 2002
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In the 1990s, women in record numbers looked to Wall Street as a
great place to build successful and lucrative careers. What many of
them found there was no meritocracy, but an industry living by the
rules of a 1960s fraternity, with the money and legal clout to
silence any challenges. Award-winning columnist Susan Antilla broke
the story of shocking sex discrimination at Smith Barney and other
major brokers. Her disclosures in the press were a rallying cry for
class actions challenging the sexual hazing and outrageous
disparities in pay that shackled professional women on Wall
Street.
Taking its title from the infamous basement party room of Smith Barney’s Garden City, New York, branch office, and representing years of extensive research, Tales from the Boom-Boom Room traces the story of the lead whistle-blower, Pam Martens, the crusading broker who put an entire industry on the defensive, then found herself at odds not just with her local bosses and with powerful figures like Travelers Group president Jamie Dimon, but with her coplaintiffs and attorneys. The women’s employment agreements forbade them to sue, and only an ingenious legal strategy circumvented that virtual gag rule and brought the scandal out from behind the closed doors of arbitration. This is a riveting human, legal, and business drama of women and men in the financial institutions on Wall Street and around America.
Taking its title from the infamous basement party room of Smith Barney’s Garden City, New York, branch office, and representing years of extensive research, Tales from the Boom-Boom Room traces the story of the lead whistle-blower, Pam Martens, the crusading broker who put an entire industry on the defensive, then found herself at odds not just with her local bosses and with powerful figures like Travelers Group president Jamie Dimon, but with her coplaintiffs and attorneys. The women’s employment agreements forbade them to sue, and only an ingenious legal strategy circumvented that virtual gag rule and brought the scandal out from behind the closed doors of arbitration. This is a riveting human, legal, and business drama of women and men in the financial institutions on Wall Street and around America.