Women rally around Jill Biden after controversial op-ed calls for future first lady to drop Dr.
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Women rally behind Jill Biden after WSJ op-ed asks her to drop Dr.
Former first lady Michelle Obama was among those coming to the defense of the future first lady, who has a doctorate in education.Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE
The reaction from women was swift over the weekend after a controversial op-ed in The Wall Street Journal called on future United States first lady Dr. Jill Biden to drop the Dr. from her title.
The op-ed s author, writer Joseph Epstein, urged Biden, who earned her doctorate in education from the University of Delaware in 2007, to drop her title because she is not a medical doctor.