Seriously though, I'd think Frances Perkins would be a good choice. I think of her every 4th Wednesday of the month.

ONLY Presidents on our money..3..2..1

Who? Ben Franklin? What? ONLY men on our money because they control it. It's what god intended.

I don't pay too much attention if they were Presidents or not. Abe and George are easy ones and it's rare to have Ben's, so more goes into this fat man who is worth $100.00. $10.00 not so much. LOL!

I can see the chain emails already with big bold red type and waving flag gifs..

Like that idiotic one I got about the dollar coin http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/dollarcoin.asp

I wish they would really take it off. Oh but the panic it would cause.

It would prove once and for all there really is a war on Christians.

If Margret Sanger won.

but the more I learn and think about Jackson - how'd he get there in the first place? And you're right - why isn't Helen Keller on the list?

This quote of hers, in opposition to WWI, is awesome:

“Congress is not preparing to defend the people of the United States. It is planning to protect the capital of American speculators and investors. Incidentally this preparation will benefit the manufacturers of munitions and war machines. Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder! Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings! Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction!”


http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/the-radical-dissent-of-helen-keller

Another suggestion would be Jeannette Rankin. The first woman to serve in congress.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin

She voted against WWI and WWII. Of course that was the end of her political career.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, Barbara Jordan and Margaret Sanger. Stanton should not even be included. Racist woman.

Many are too young to remember her but I hope they will do a little research. She was a strong voice for the people. As an old timer, I miss some of the wise public figures who are missed and could add much wisdom to our current discussions. Barbara Jordan was a strong voice for all of us.

I wish there was someone today who would be as strong a voice for the people as she was.

It is a shame that the younger generation doesn't know her. And although there are many strong leadership now, I don't think there are as many as there used to be.

Great book about her: http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Behind-New-Deal-Unemployment/dp/1400078563/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425350948&sr=8-1

On the back ringed in a broken chain border; A single hand holding a candle or a landscape of the gather crowd around the reflecting pool of the Washington Monument the day MLK gave his "I have a dream" speech.


She repeatedly risked her life and freedom to save hundreds, if not thousands of people for no personal reward.
We need to see this every day.

I think it's just a matter of time till one of those morons counters by saying they want Phyllis Schafly on the $20.

Some people will say I am crazy or I am unaware of how people saw her, but I think she was the most beautiful woman in history. I wrote a poem about her because after doing a lot of reading about her as a child and some reading a year or so back, it just struck me how utterly beautiful a soul she has and looking at her in that light makes her very beautiful.

Mahalo apple~

And that choice, my dears, would make RW heads explode more than all the others.

No? Then leave it...

Neither was Alexander Hamilton, for that matter.

... Or at least equal to the historical stature of Ben Franklin and no one on the proposed list comes close.

but he was also a genocidal jackass.

Should we have to have another genocidal jackass replace him?

'Historical stature' is decided by historians. I think Rosa Parks certainly has the bona fides to replace Jackson, and wasn't trying to exterminate the people who lived in America before the Europeans came along to start stealing and murdering to boot.

None of the names mentioned should be in contention....

If there is a conversation to be had about swapping it then swap him out for another POTUS.

To even be considered to be depicted on our money.
Hate women much- or just the idea of their image actually being honored on money?

Testy one aren't you...?

I'm not opposed to a woman on American currency (the $20 specifically)...

I do think that the removal of a President for someone else would require that they be of a stature equal to or greater than Benjamin Franklin , in the context of American history as it our currency.

None of the ladies listed in the OP meet that standard. If there was one, then I could get on board.

of actual acomplishment, you virtually guarantee no woman would be honored.
Coincidence? Doubtful.

... Eleanor Roosevelt is #1, but Mrs Davis is a VERY close 2nd. Mrs Davis is buried 3 yards away from my Great Grandparents. When I go, I will be buried nearby as well.

Although I thought all were worthy, those were the three I chose.

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Every person mentioned in the article is deserving, but Eleanor Roosevelt was just so dynamic and brilliant that I would put her at the top of the list.

Jane Addams?

My first thought was Emily Greene Balch http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1946/balch-facts.html

but a socialist is probably out of the question.

I'd like to see Jackson replaced.

But twenties would still be evil.

In terms of socialists, he would be my choice.

think Mother Jones, Helen Keller, Charlotte Perkins Gilman or Emma Goldman

Yeah, there's an American hero - Emma Goldman.

Better try to be non-controversial - Sally Ride. Who could be against Sally Ride?

... with any of those women being on the $20. I'd be more than fine, I'd say it is about time.

We have slave owners on our currency , but no minorities, and no women. It is only just and fitting.

In that order.

And I'd take Jackson over Reagan.

They have a woman on every banknote and every coin.