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Biden's Cabinet of many women shows other world leaders that US takes gender equality seriously

  • Written by John Scherpereel, Professor of Political Science, James Madison University
imageJoe Biden has more top advisers who are women than any other U.S. president. They include Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet is the most diverse in U.S. history.

It has five women, including the first female treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, and Deb...

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