How the richest woman in the world—mocked as a ‘miser’ in the press—helped bail out New York City during the panic of 1907
- Posted on February 11, 2025
- By Fortune
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How the richest woman in the world—mocked as a ‘miser’ in the press—helped bail out New York City during the panic of 1907
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Dubbed "The Witch of Wall Street," she was the only woman at the table when JP Morgan and fellow investors gathered to stave off a bank run crisis.