Women’s Group Knocks Summers’ World Bank Presidency Prospects
A women's group has mounted spirited opposition to a prospective nomination of former Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers, 57, to be president of the World Bank.
The group, UltraViolet, which claims 300,000 members, announced collecting more than 42,000 signatures against Summers given his past history of slighting women economists - including Christine Romer, 53, another prospective nominee - as well as women's proficiency for the sciences.