What message does firing U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen send to women?

It looks like America's most powerful woman is out of a job. Writing in the Washington Post, Jena McGregor asks why President Donald Trump is turfing Janet Yellen, arguably one of the most competent chairs of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. The first woman to hold the position, Yellen will...

It looks like America’s most powerful woman is out of a job. Writing in the Washington Post, Jena McGregor asks why President Donald Trump is turfing Janet Yellen, arguably one of the most competent chairs of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. The first woman to hold the position, Yellen will step aside next February in favour of Jerome Powell, a Fed governor with a thin economics background. Some experts call her dismissal a setback for female leaders.