CNN The Situation Room September 20, 2013 21:55:00
>> janet. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> reporter: yellin has degrees from brown and yale, taught at harvard and got tenure at berkeley. her son is an economist, her husband has a nobel prize in economic theory. the 67-year-old has been on the fed for more than a decade. she's been a trail blazer for women in her field. >> at the highest level since central banking there are very few women. >> reporter: she ran the san francisco fed where she was known for standing in the lunch line with office staff and for her work on jobs and wages. she recently said unemployment is not just statistics to m...