Norma Yaeger

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Norma Hason Nahmias Yaeger (born May 5, 1930) is an American businesswoman, stockbroker and published author. In 1962, she became the first woman to enroll in Hornblower & Weeks, Inc. training program for stockbrokers. She is the first woman who demanded and got the right to join her male trainees on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.^[1] The Stock Exchange did not previously allow women to set foot on its floor. Norma Nahmias was the only woman invited to Hornblower & Weeks' Management Advisory Board. She registered with the Liquidity Fund with the SEC; it was the first Money Market Mutual Fund in California. Norma Yaeger registered and opened a full-service stock brokerage firm, Yaeger Securities, Inc., in 1981.^[2]

When the Affirmative Action Bill AB-1933 passed in 1989, she started a second brokerage firm, Yaeger Capital Markets, which she opened in 1991. Her numerous licenses include the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD), the Chicago Board of Options, and the Commodity Exchange. She spends a lot of her time giving lectures to empower and encourage women. Breaking Down the Walls, the memoir of her years as a Wall Street and business pioneer is her first book, published in 2014.^[3]