Janet Yellen, Biden’s expected treasury pick, has broken more than gender barriers

Janet Yellen became an economist at a time when few women entered the profession and fewer still rose in a male-dominated environment. She is now poised to become the first female Treasury secretary and one of few people to ever have wielded economic power from the White House, the Federal Reserve and the president’s Cabinet.

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