The New York City statue of a girl, sculpted by Kristen Visbal, was installed in honor of International Women's Day in 2017, and was intended to promote the idea of more women on the boards of large, publicly traded companies, like the ones doing business on the stock exchange. The city government announced in April that the statue would be moving.

The two statues had been in Bowling Green Park, on Broadway. The bull statue made its debut in December 1989. The sculptor, Arturo Di Modica, put the 11-foot-tall statue in front of the New York Stock Exchange, as a symbol of the strength of the city's financial district, commonly known as Wall Street. The Stock Exchange, however, had the statue moved to its present location, two blocks to the south.

The bull has long been a symbol of prosperity in financial circles, as the bear been a symbol of down times. The use of the animals' names has become common, with investors, financial sector workers, and even commentators referring to "bull markets" (which are "good," or prosperous) or "bear markets" (which are "bad", or not prosperous).

Di Modica was none too happy when the statue of the girl appeared, as if in the path of the charging bull. Visbal was delighted at the thought that her creation was standing up to a threat.

The 4-foot-tall Fearless Girl is on her way to her new location, outside the Stock Exchange itself (with the approval of the exchange and the city government). City officials said that the bull statue might be moving as well, in part because it has become so popular a tourist attraction that it is causing traffic problems, as tourists eager for a photograph sometimes wander into streets busy with cars, buses, and trucks.