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AI Summary
- Hetty Green became the single biggest individual financier in the world and the richest woman in America, bailing out New York City and moving markets through her lending decisions
- She built a vast financial empire of stocks, bonds, railroads, and real estate alone—taking no partners and running her own money—at a time when women couldn't vote
- Defying convention through ferocious intelligence, fierce independence, and willingness to battle great men of her era, Green demonstrated that gender was no barrier to becoming a financial powerhouse