Angela Merkel may be Germany’s first female chancellor, but her gender is not something she has ever put forward, in either fashion or policy. The pantsuit-wearing leader has avoided describing herself as a feminist throughout most of her public life. As she prepares to leave the country’s leadership, some say her efforts to improve the situation of women have largely been slow in coming.

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