Siebert — the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange — drew her central metaphor from her first car, a used Studebaker that had brought her from Cleveland to New York with $500. 'That darned car door would never open right — it would always stick. I'd pull it, I'd cajole it, I'd shake it, I'd even plead with it. There were times I swore at it. Finally, I learned, I just had to kick it.' The Studebaker lesson was a parable for her entire career. She had been told women couldn't be securities analysts, couldn't enter luncheon clubs, couldn't travel on business. When she bought her NYSE seat, the main concern was that 'there was no ladies' room on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.' She found out two years later there actually was one — nobody had told her. Her closing was the same advice doubled: 'When all else fails, just rear back and kick the door open. But don't do it just for yourself — do it also for those who follow you.'