Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon by Charles Slack

Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon

Charles Slack

258 pages first pub 2004 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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At the turn of the twentieth century, women were thought to be lacking the temperament to be successful investors. But there was one exception: Hetty Green, who left a personal fortune of $100 million at her death in 1916 ($1.6 billion today). Eve...

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