Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
“When I was a little girl, about 8 years old, I saw my dad put a knife to my mom’s chest and drag her down the hall and I knew right then that I wasn’t gonna take any crap from a guy.
My mom would always be the type of person that would question her intelligence and her capabilities. I told myself when I was little, I’d live a totally different life.
I was the first black, female stockbroker in Austin, TX. I had people tell me, ‘You’ll never succeed. Females can’t do this job. This is a man’s job.’ I tried to be partners with some male brokers, and they told me that I would never succeed in that market because of the way I looked.
It makes you question your abilities, but it also makes you want to figure out a way around it. If you can’t do that at that company, find a way to do it somewhere else.
I wanted to build up my clientele as a stockbroker and that came to fruition. The fighting never stopped. It still hasn’t stopped. If people tell you, ‘You can’t do it,” anyway, act as if.”
- Danyelle W., #LivesofWomen
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“When I was a little girl, about 8 years old, I saw my dad put a knife to my mom’s chest and drag her down the hall and I knew right then that I wasn’t gonna take any crap from a guy.
My mom would always be the type of person that would question her intelligence and her capabilities. I told myself when I was little, I’d live a totally different life.
I was the first black, female stockbroker in Austin, TX. I had people tell me, ‘You’ll never succeed. Females can’t do this job. This is a man’s job.’ I tried to be partners with some male brokers, and they told me that I would never succeed in that market because of the way I looked.
It makes you question your abilities, but it also makes you want to figure out a way around it. If you can’t do that at that company, find a way to do it somewhere else.
I wanted to build up my clientele as a stockbroker and that came to fruition. The fighting never stopped. It still hasn’t stopped. If people tell you, ‘You can’t do it,” anyway, act as if.”
- Danyelle W., #LivesofWomen
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Lives of Women
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Facebook: facebook.com/livesofwomen
Instagram: instagram.com/livesofwomen
Twitter: twitter.com/liveswomen
YouTube: youtube.com/livesofwomen
Copyright 2017 Indigenous Media
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