2012 Sackler Center First Awards: Muriel Siebert
Channel: Brooklyn Museum
Date: 2012-11-14

Muriel Siebert is founder and president of the New York Stock Exchange brokerage firm that bears her name, Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., which she established in 1967, becoming the first woman mem¬ber of the NYSE. She was also the first woman superintendent of banking for the State of New York.

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, fifteen extraordinary women who are first in their fields were honored with Sackler Center First Awards. The event commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the first center within an art museum to be devoted to the exhibition and study of feminist art. The event was presented by Elizabeth A. Sackler and Gloria Steinem and hosted by Soledad O'Brien and Laura Flanders. The award was designed by Judy Chicago. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.