Fearless Girl - wikipedia Fearless Girl Fearless Girl The statue in March 2017 Fearless Girl Fearless Girl Fearless Girl Fearless Girl Fearless Girl Show map of Lower Manhattan Show map of Manhattan Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US Show all Artist Kristen Visbal Medium Bronze sculpture 50 inches ( 130 cm ) tall Weight 250 pounds ( 110 kg ) Location New York City, New York, U.S. Coordinates 40 ° 42 ′ 20 '' N 74 ° 00 ′ 48 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.705632 ° N 74.013392 ° W ﻿ / 40.705632 ; - 74.013392 Coordinates : 40 ° 42 ′ 20 '' N 74 ° 00 ′ 48 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.705632 ° N 74.013392 ° W ﻿ / 40.705632 ; - 74.013392 Fearless Girl is a bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal, commissioned by State Street Global Advisors via McCann New York, depicting a Latina girl facing the Charging Bull ( or `` Wall Street bull '' ) statue. It was installed on March 7, 2017, at Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The statue measures approximately 50 inches ( 130 cm ) tall, and weighs about 250 pounds ( 110 kg ). Fearless Girl was commissioned by investment firm State Street Global Advisors ( SSgA ) to advertise for an index fund which comprises gender - diverse companies that have a higher percentage of women among their senior leadership. The plaque below the statue states, `` Know the power of women in leadership. SHE makes a difference, '' with `` SHE '' being both a descriptive pronoun and the fund 's NASDAQ ticker symbol. Contents 1 History 2 Reception 3 See also 4 References History The statue was installed on March 7, 2017 -- the day before International Women 's Day -- by State Street Global Advisors, in a campaign developed by advertising agency McCann New York. SSgA was celebrating the first anniversary of its `` Gender Diversity Index '' fund that `` invests in U.S. large - capitalization companies that rank among the highest in their sector in achieving gender diversity across senior leadership ''. The concept for the statue was developed by Senior Art Director Lizzie Wilson and Senior Copywriter Tali Gumbiner. Wilson and Gumbiner established both the idea for the statue as well as the overall look of the girl using countless moodboards and imagery, which Visbal referenced. Fearless Girl, which measures approximately 50 inches ( 130 cm ) tall and weighs about 250 pounds ( 110 kg ), faces Charging Bull, a much larger and heavier bronze statue that is 11 feet ( 3.4 m ) tall and weighs 7,100 pounds ( 3,200 kg ). Both are located in Manhattan 's Bowling Green, at the intersection of Broadway and Whitehall Street. Fearless Girl is meant to `` send a message '' about workplace gender diversity and encourage companies to recruit women to their boards. The plaque below the statue states, `` Know the power of women in leadership. SHE makes a difference, '' with SHE referring to both the gender of the subject and the fund 's NASDAQ ticker symbol. The commission by State Street Global Advisors specified that the statue should depict a girl with hands on her hips and chin up, with a height of 36 inches, which Kristen Visbal and her collaborators then increased to 50 inches, to better match the size of Charging Bull. Still, Visbal commented that `` I made sure to keep her features soft ; she 's not defiant, she 's brave, proud, and strong, not belligerent ''. She modeled the sculpture on two children from Delaware, a friend 's daughter who was instructed to pretend she was facing a bull, and a Latina girl, `` so everyone could relate to the Fearless Girl. '' Fearless Girl was originally given a one - week City Hall permit that was later extended to 30 days. Later, it was announced that the statue would remain in place through February 2018. Among those advocating for the statue to stay longer was U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney of New York 's 12th congressional district, who stated, `` This statue has touched hearts across the world with its symbolism of the resiliency of women. '' A petition on Change.org asking for the statue to be made permanent gathered 2,500 signatures in its first 48 hours. Efforts to make the statue permanent continued after the statue was granted a one - year permit. Reception Some women criticized the statue as `` corporate feminism '' that violated their own feminist principles. New York Times columnist Gina Bellafante called it `` an exercise in corporate imaging '' by State Street, which, she wrote, had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the United States Department of Justice, agreeing to pay more than $64 million to resolve fraud charges for secretly billing clients for unwarranted commissions. `` Corporate feminism '', she wrote, `` operates with the singular goal of aiding and abetting a universe of mothers who tuck their daughters in at night whispering, ' Someday, honey, you can lead the emerging markets and sovereign debt team at Citigroup, and then become a director at Yahoo. ' '' Christine Emba, an opinion writer for The Washington Post, wrote that the statue `` portrays the empowered woman as a child, reinforcing the idea of femaleness as cute and inoffensive -- a child with potential, maybe, but not all the way there. '' The Gothamist reported on March 20th 2017 about masked New York activists who took to the streets to deck out the statue in Make America Great Again apparel and an American Flag. They also gifted the statue with a few pro-Trump signs, including one reading, `` VETS B4 ILLEGALS '' and another with a drawing of Pepe the Frog. As reported by Bloomberg News, analysts from marketing firm Apex Marketing estimated that the statue resulted in $7.4 million in free advertising for SSGA as of April 2017, broken down into $201,075 worth of free radio advertising, $393,047 worth of free social media advertising, $3,115,751 worth of free TV advertising, and $3,729,926 worth of free online / print news advertising. Public advocate Letitia James has asked for the statue to be a permanent installation. In a letter to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, James states, `` Fearless Girl stands as a powerful beacon, showing women -- young and old -- that no dream is too big and no ceiling is too high ''. Arturo Di Modica, who had installed Charging Bull in 1989, has asked that the statue of the girl be removed, arguing that the piece exploits his work for commercial purposes and alters the perception of the bull. He has called Fearless Girl `` an advertising trick '' that he wants relocated, citing its political messaging. On April 12, 2017, Di Modica and his attorney, former New York Civil Liberties Union director Norman Siegel, challenged city officials who let the Fearless Girl statue be installed. Di Modica states the statue corrupts Charging Bull 's artistic integrity by distorting the intent of his statue from `` a symbol of prosperity and for strength '' into a villain, and does so for SSgA 's commercial gain. Siegel said a lawsuit had not been filed as of yet. Mayor de Blasio supported keeping the statue, tweeting that `` Men who do n't like women taking up space are exactly why we need the Fearless Girl. '' Artist Alex Gardega added a statue of a small dog, titled Pissing Pug ( or Peeing Pug or Sketchy Dog ) but it was removed by him after approximately three hours. He describes the Fearless Girl statue as `` corporate nonsense '' and `` disrespect to the artist that made the bull. '' At the 2017 Cannes Lions festival, Fearless Girl won three Grand Prix on the first day of the event alone, in the Glass ( which deals with marketing addressing gender inequality ) and PR categories, and tying for first in the Outdoor category alongside a campaign by Twitter. See also New York City portal Visual arts portal 2017 in art Day Without a Woman, a general strike held on March 8, 2017 Women in business References ^ Jump up to : Dobnik, Verena ( March 26, 2017 ). `` Will New York invite the ' Fearless Girl ' statue to stay on Wall Street ? ''. USA TODAY. Retrieved March 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Eight Things You Do n't Know About ' Fearless Girl ' ''. Advertising Age. Jump up ^ Dobnik, Verena ( March 9, 2017 ). `` Behind NYC 's ' Fearless Girl ' statue are 2 corporate giants ''. ABC News. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017. Jump up ^ Mavro, Jill ( March 7, 2017 ). `` Driving Gender Diversity with a Bold New Statement ''. SPDR Blog. Retrieved March 28, 2017. Jump up ^ Nudd, Tim ( March 10, 2017 ). `` The Story of ' The Fearless Girl, ' From the Women at McCann Who Made Her ''. Adweek. Retrieved May 4, 2017. Jump up ^ Schwedel, Heather ( March 7, 2017 ). `` A Bronze Little Girl Has Arrived to Face Down the Wall Street Bull. This Should Go Well. ''. Slate. Retrieved March 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Wiener - Bronner, Danielle ( March 7, 2017 ). `` Why a defiant girl is staring down the Wall Street bull ''. CNNMoney. Retrieved March 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Fierberg, Emma ; Levy, Rachael ( March 7, 2017 ). `` A $2.5 trillion asset manager just put a statue of a defiant girl in front of the Wall Street bull ''. Business Insider. Retrieved March 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Dutram, Eric ( March 27, 2017 ). `` The ' Fearless Girl ' Statue Is n't a Symbol, It Is an Advertisement ''. NASDAQ.com. Retrieved March 28, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Revesz, Rachel ( March 9, 2017 ). `` Campaign launches to make ' Fearless Girl ' statue on Wall Street permanent ''. The Independent. Retrieved March 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` ' Fearless Girl ' statue will stay through early next year ''. CNN Money. Retrieved March 27, 2017. Jump up ^ Silva, Daniella ( March 27, 2017 ). `` ' Fearless Girl ' statue will face off Wall Street bull for another year ''. NBC News. Retrieved March 27, 2017. Jump up ^ O'Connor, Roision ( March 27, 2017 ). `` The Fearless Girl statue will stay on Wall Street until 2018 ''. The Independent. Retrieved April 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Bisaria, Anjali ( March 10, 2017 ). `` People Have Now Launched A Campaign To Make The ' Fearless Girl ' Statue Permanent At Wall Street ''. IndiaTimes. Retrieved March 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Stack, Liam ( March 27, 2017 ). `` ' Fearless Girl ' Statue to Stay in Financial District ( for Now ) ''. The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2017. Jump up ^ The Sculpture of a `` Fearless Girl '' on Wall Street Is Fake Corporate Feminism. The bronze statue installed by an advertising firm and a financial firm represents basically everything that 's wrong with our society. Jillian Steinhauer, Hyperallergic, March 10, 2017 Jump up ^ The ' Fearless Girl ' statue sums up what 's wrong with feminism today. Corporate feminism always ends up betraying women 's struggle for justice. That 's why this Wall Street - funded sculpture will never be a symbol to embrace. Cara Marsh Sheffler. The Guardian. March 14, 2017 Jump up ^ Bellafante, Ginia ( March 16, 2017 ). `` The False Feminism of ' Fearless Girl ' ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved April 13, 2017. Jump up ^ Emba, Christine ( April 14, 2017 ). `` ' Fearless Girl ' and ' Charging Bull ' are more alike than you 'd think ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved April 15, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Men In MAGA Hats Transform ' Fearless Girl ' Statue Into Trump Supporter ''. Gothamist. Retrieved 2017 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` The Fearless Girl Is Worth $7.4 Million in Free Publicity for This Company ''. Bloomberg.com. 2017 - 04 - 28. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ `` EXCLUSIVE : Letitia James wants ' Fearless Girl ' to be permanent ''. NY Daily News. Retrieved April 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Mettler, Katie ( April 12, 2017 ). `` Charging Bull sculptor says Fearless Girl distorts his art, so he 's fighting back ''. Chicago Tribune. Jump up ^ Stack, Liam ( March 27, 2017 ). `` ' Fearless Girl ' Statue to Stay in Financial District ( for Now ) ''. The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` ' Charging Bull ' sculptor says New York 's ' Fearless Girl ' statue violates his rights ''. The Guardian. Associated Press. April 11, 2017. ISSN 0261 - 3077. Retrieved April 13, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Barron, James ( April 12, 2017 ). `` Wounded by ' Fearless Girl, ' Creator of ' Charging Bull ' Wants Her to Move ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved April 13, 2017. Jump up ^ `` ' Charging Bull ' sculptor says ' Fearless Girl ' distorts his art. He 's fighting back. ''. Washington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sculptor Of Wall Street Bull Says ' Fearless Girl ' Horns In On His Work ''. NPR. Retrieved April 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Smith, Aaron ( 12 April 2017 ). `` NYC mayor to ' Charging Bull ' artist : ' Fearless Girl is staying put. ' ''. CNNMoney. Jump up ^ `` ' Fearless Girl ' joined briefly by ' Peeing Pug ' statue ''. CNNMoney. May 30, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Urinating dog statue placed next to `` Fearless Girl '' as a critique ``. NBC News. Jump up ^ Fugallo, Nick ; Jaeger, Max ( May 30, 2017 ). `` Pissed - off artist adds statue of urinating dog next to ' Fearless Girl ' ''. New York Post. Jump up ^ `` Fearless Girl Takes Cannes by Storm, Winning 3 Grand Prix on Her First Day ''. Adweek. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 22. 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Question: where is the fearless girl statue in nyc
Answer: Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan