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Yellen was born on August 13, 1946, to a family of Polish Jewish ancestry in the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, neighborhood of New York City, and grew up there. Her mother was Anna Ruth (née Blumenthal; 1907–1986), an elementary school teacher who gave up her teaching job to become a stay-at-home mother.
Feb 9, 2021 · • Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury. She is the first woman to fill this role; previously, she headed the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. A 2016 Trump attack ad featured three Jews,...
Jun 23, 2021 · Janet Yellen was the first woman to lead the United States Department of the Treasury and to chair the Federal Reserve Board. After receiving her PhD in economics at Yale, Yellen spent much of her academic career studying wages and unemployment.
US President Joe Biden filled the months before Inauguration Day lining up a slate of Cabinet secretaries, assistants and advisers, many of them Jewish.
Jun 15, 2016 · Dr. Janet Yellen is the current Chairwoman of the United States Federal Reserve. She was born in Brooklyn and holds degrees in economics from both Brown and Yale.
Mar 6, 2024 · Janet Yellen, born on August 13, 1946, in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, to a Polish Jewish family, has had a distinguished career in economics and public service.
She has Jewish parents and mentors. Yellen was born to “not particularly observant” Polish Jewish parents and grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
Nov 20, 2020 · Janet Yellen, the pioneering Jewish economist who was the first woman to head the Federal Reserve, is on Biden’s shortlist, according to multiple reports.
On January 26, 2021, Janet Yellen was sworn in as the 78th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. An economist by training, she took office after almost fifty years in academia and public service.
Jan 25, 2021 · Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was confirmed as treasury secretary Monday, with the Senate voting 84-15 to make her the first woman to lead the department.
