New: A Wall Street Journal op-ed by Joseph Epstein about the future first lady’s "Dr." title struck a nerve with women in academia, a field that is already fraught for women. “I’ve had to fight to be taken seriously.”https://19thnews.org/2020/12/women-with-ph-ds-respond-jill-biden-column/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=new%3A_a_wall_street_journa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …
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Dr. Cheryl J. Fish said the last lines of the op-ed, in which the author implied Biden should be grateful to be first lady, upset her the most. “It’s about keeping women in their place and not acknowledging the hard work they’ve done.”https://bit.ly/37WVqeM
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“I think that the piece would have struck a nerve no matter what, but on top of the pandemic and on top of other things that are going on in society, it might be striking even more of a nerve,” Dr. Rachael Robnett, a psychology professor, said.https://bit.ly/37WVqeM
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Biden, for her part, responded to the op-ed in a tweet: “Together, we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated, rather than diminished.”https://bit.ly/37WVqeM
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