Most Powerful Woman In U.S. History?

Most Powerful Woman In U.S. History?
FILE - In this April 16, 2008, file photo, Janet L. Yellen, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, speaks about foreclosures to the Bay Area Council Outlook Conference in Alameda, Calif. President Barack Obama on Thursday, April 29, 2010, will name Janet Yellen to be vice chairwoman of the Federal Reserve and will fill two other vacancies at the central bank whose decisions influence economic activity, employment and inflation. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
FILE - In this April 16, 2008, file photo, Janet L. Yellen, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, speaks about foreclosures to the Bay Area Council Outlook Conference in Alameda, Calif. President Barack Obama on Thursday, April 29, 2010, will name Janet Yellen to be vice chairwoman of the Federal Reserve and will fill two other vacancies at the central bank whose decisions influence economic activity, employment and inflation. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

On Wednesday, President Obama is going to officially nominate Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen to replace the central bank's chairman, Ben Bernanke, when he steps down in January 2014.

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