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Jill Biden isnât the first â men are more likely NOT to use womenâs titles and use their first names instead Last Updated: Dec. 15, 2020 at 1:08 p.m. ET First Published: Dec. 14, 2020 at 5:32 p.m. ET By A Wall Street Journal op-ed asking the incoming first lady to nix the âDr.â before her name and calling her âkiddoâ drew charges of sexism
The incoming first lady has a doctoral degree in education from the University of Delaware, as well as two master’s degrees. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Email icon
A Wall Street Journal op-ed asking Jill Biden to nix the âDr.â before her name and calling her âkiddoâ rankled Democrats and academics alike over the weekend, and drew charges of sexism. But many other academic women have also fought to be viewed on equal footing with male peers, research shows.