Where Have All the Women Gone?

"This was a first time a president has tried to fire a central bank governor in its 111-year history. The person he is trying to fire is a Black woman. She could only be fired for cause, but while he charges her with personal financial impropriety, she has not been charged with a crime, nor have any charges been leveled related to impropriety in her professional duties."

"Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the United States Navy, was also fired, without any specific justification. She had spent half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups, and the U.S. Sixth Fleet. Then Vice Admiral Yvette Davids, the first female superintendent of the US Naval Academy, was dismissed before her term was over, and reassigned elsewhere."

President Trump attempted to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook despite unclear legal authority, marking the first presidential attempt to fire a central bank governor in 111 years. Cook is a Black woman who can only be removed for cause; she faces allegations of personal financial impropriety but has not been charged with a crime or accused of professional misconduct. Cook has said she will not be removed illegally. The action escalates tensions with the Federal Reserve. Women have been removed from senior military leadership since the second term began, including Admirals Linda Fagan and Lisa Franchetti and Vice Admiral Yvette Davids. Some removals align with opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and have also removed leaders of color.

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