Fearless Girl

Then there is Fearless Girl, a bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal that appeared in front of Charging Bull on 7 March 2017.  It was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors (later State Street Investment Management) as part of an ad campaign to promote an index fund that focused on gender-diverse companies, with the installation timed to coincide with International Women’s Day (8 March).  Not everyone was enthusiastic about the statue or its placement—among them Arturo DiModica, the creator of Charging Bull, who felt it was an insult to his work

After one year on Bowling Green, Fearless Girl was moved to its current location in front of the New York Stock Exchange, where she is an obligatory stop on Manhattan’s statuary circuit.  The company that commissioned the statue quietly dropped its gender diversity targets in 2025