Obama’s Fed pick delay has feminist critics Yellen

Published September 13, 2013 4:00am ET



President Obama might find it easier to defuse Syria’s chemical weapons than the wrath of feminists if he doesn’t promote Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Janet Yellen to the chairman’s position.

Her appointment has become the litmus test of Obama’s sexism for the feminist establishment already angry that he hasn’t made gender equality his personal priority.

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