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Janet Yellen and Kamala Harris keep shattering glass ceilings – but global elite boys club remains

  • Written by Kevin L. Young, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Janet Yellen and Kamala Harris keep shattering glass ceilings – but global elite boys club remainsYellen with a few of the boys. (AP Photo/Annie Rice

Janet Yellen may soon become the first woman to lead the Treasury Department, about six years after shattering another glass ceiling at the top of the Federal Reserve.

She’s not alone in breaking down barriers in President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed new Cabinet. Michele Flournoy is the...

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