Who among the following was appointed as the first woman Treasury Secretary in the United States of America?

1. A

   Lloyd Austin

   Lloyd Austin became the first African-American U.S. Secretary of Defense in 2021, not Treasury Secretary and not a woman.

2. B

   Janet Yellen

   Janet Yellen was confirmed in January 2021 as the first woman Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. She had earlier chaired the Federal Reserve. That is the official key.

3. C

   Merrick Garland

   Merrick Garland became U.S. Attorney General in 2021, heading the Department of Justice, not the Treasury.

4. D

   Tulipan

   ‘Tulipan’ is not the name of America’s first woman Treasury Secretary; it is a distractor in this paper.

Summary. Official key is (b) Janet Yellen. The Biden cabinet split Defense (Austin), Justice (Garland) and Treasury (Yellen). Yellen is also the first person to have led the Fed, the Treasury and, earlier, the Council of Economic Advisers. Honour the stored letter (b).