Jill Biden tweets rebuke to Wall Street Journal columnist Joseph Epstein, who mocked her career achievements

Incoming first lady Jill Biden has responded to a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed mocking her academic career by tweeting that she wants to build a world where female accomplishments are celebrated rather than diminished.

For those who missed it, the WSJ published the piece by Joseph Epstein about Dr Biden on the weekend.

He urged her to drop the title of Doctor, belittled her research on student retention rates in community college, likened her degree to an honorary doctorate, and called her “kiddo”.

He said doctorates had decreased in value, and that Dr Biden should focus on supporting her husband, president-elect Joe Biden.

The piece has been widely condemned as “misogynistic” by the academic community, politicians, in other media…