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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhich woman's face should be on a $10 bill
Here's a list of women, all of which I believe are great candidates. I also believe that more than one bill should have a woman's face on it.
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Harriet Tubman | |
12 (34%) |
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Clara Barton | |
0 (0%) |
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Susan B. Anthony | |
2 (6%) |
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Rosa Parks | |
1 (3%) |
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Eleanor Roosevelt | |
15 (43%) |
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Other: (please name) | |
5 (14%) |
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Reter
(2,188 posts)Remember her?
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)How would you feel about Nancy Reagan?
Anthony has already been honored with a coin.
I still like Christa McAuliffe. A teacher, an astronaut who tragically died. She transcends politics.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)would be someone else that a case could be made for, but some would find divisive.
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)to the presidency. This was one of the most despicable acts by the Supreme Court of the 21st century.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)Whoever the nominee might be, this isn't going to happen overnight.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...consideration, though she is not yet deceased. HOWEVER, as part and parcel of the Felonious Five that SELECTED George W. Bush* to be the President of the United States, clearly overstepping their legal and judicial fiat, and condemning the United States to eight years of the most inept, callous and greedy "leadership" imaginable, I say: "you've got to be fucking kidding."
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Much less divisive than the males already appearing on bank notes.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Discussions of sexism here at DU. Funny that!
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are divisive? Without those two men we wouldnt have a country at all. Alexander Hamilton set up our banking system, economy, and made some critical trade deals in the early years of the country. Grant won the Civil War. And Benjamin Franklin is someone everyone loves. Andrew Jackson is the odd ball that doesn't belong there and should be gone.
The point though is that (other than Jackson), these men unified the nation and played a major role in its formation. There is practical zero debate about that.
What I don't want to see happen is when we have a Democrat president, they start putting liberals on the bills. And then we have Republican administration they slap Ronald Reagan on there. Then the whole thing just starts to get really stupid and childish.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)Apart from Roosevelt being a Dem?
Orrex
(63,216 posts)Oh, wait. I thought you were asking whose face should appear on rolls of commemorative toilet paper.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)chuckle and Kim Kardashian on the five.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)librechik
(30,674 posts)totally uncontroversial nowadays?
Back in the day funding realities delayed the install for decades, then...
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"Shortly after the dedication, The Cleveland Gazette, an African American newspaper, suggested that the statue's torch not be lit until the United States became a free nation "in reality":
"Liberty enlightening the world," indeed! The expression makes us sick. This government is a howling farce. It can not or rather does not protect its citizens within its own borders. Shove the Bartholdi statue, torch and all, into the ocean until the "liberty" of this country is such as to make it possible for an inoffensive and industrious colored man to earn a respectable living for himself and family, without being ku-kluxed, perhaps murdered, his daughter and wife outraged, and his property destroyed. The idea of the "liberty" of this country "enlightening the world," or even Patagonia, is ridiculous in the extreme."
edia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty
Ichigo Kurosaki
(167 posts)hollysmom
(5,946 posts)1. she should be dead,
2. she should not be religious figure
3. She should not be an adjunct to a man but someone who achieved by themselves - that makes it hard
4. She should have held office or was involved in changing something major in the US.
5. she should not have to be perfect, we already know the men on dollars and coins were not perfect
Sojourner Truth
Jeannette Rankin , first woman elected to congress.
Frances Perkins - first woman appointed to the cabinet, fought for laws against child labor and for a minimum wage and many other progressive things
Shirley Chisolm - First black woman elected to congress
treestar
(82,383 posts)IMO she should be a feminist figure in some way - someone who led the charge.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)she cast the only vote against entry into WWII.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)and definitive for wars of our time? I am not sure that is true.
no_hypocrisy
(46,129 posts)edbermac
(15,941 posts)Maedhros
(10,007 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)And, I believe the choice should not be a political figure. My choices would be...
1) Maya Angelou
2) Rachel Carson
3) Grandma Moses
There are lots of honorable women from which to choose. Looks like, though, our choices seem to have been limited to a very few women and Rosa Parks, a very deserving candidate, has my vote from that limited list.
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)That said, I like your suggestions.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)forth into the national discourse for this honor seems to be very short. In addition to those most-mentioned, there are many other deserving women, if one thinks outside the box - and beyond the political realm. Why does our money have to depict a political figure? Many nations honor non-political figures on their currency, why shouldn't we do the same? I want to see the arts and science also depicted on our currency.
ETA: And I also support the change being made for the $20 bill, rather than the $10 bill. Why not both, though?
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)Hamilton, Jackson, Grant.
While I recognize the contributions of Hamilton and Grant, so many women did so much more to improve the human condition.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Blasphemer
(3,261 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Let's get that genocidal fuckweasel and his shaggy-ass eyebrows off our currency
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)a way with words.And your absolutely right.
B2G
(9,766 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)of human slavery in the United States and more generally, fought for women's suffrage.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
Besides being the $20 Bill, I vote for Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, my favorite politician!
The first Black Woman to run for President of the United States and first woman to achieve her own delegates!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm
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niyad
(113,348 posts)Whiskeytide
(4,461 posts)... to make a statement. And they're all good candidates. This should have been done 50 years ago.
Erose999
(5,624 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)saturnsring
(1,832 posts)niyad
(113,348 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Because she was directly involved in the forward movement of women.
sarisataka
(18,663 posts)Just be honest, like from the movie They Live
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Strong woman who excelled in a "man's" field with courage and innovation.
mythology
(9,527 posts)I think Rosa Parks or Harriet Tubman would be great choices.
I also think that it would be fitting to make a 3 dollar bill with Sarah Palin on it.
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)Can't remember where.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)I found an image of one last week with teh Google.
yuiyoshida
(41,832 posts)I Just love her!
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Cyrano
(15,041 posts)After all, his name was taken off a mountain and it was no big loss.
Shandris
(3,447 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)though Rosa Parks would also be a fine choice.
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)Sojourner Truth. Harriett Tubman. Ida B Wells-Barnett. Pauli Murray. Rosa Parks.
cry baby
(6,682 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)Just to piss off the RW'ers. Plus she has been a great first lady.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)She was a great woman, a great citizen, and a true Democrat.
CanonRay
(14,104 posts)Tikki
(14,557 posts)Remind people to be kind to animals....
Tikki
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)What a woman! What an American!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)I can dream, can't I?
Yavin4
(35,442 posts)"A19, that's 'Retha Franklin
She don't remember the Queen of Soul"
Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)Oh wait, she's already on the $1.00 bill.
Never mind.
bedazzled
(1,765 posts)was brave enough to stand up to authority, and saved so many lives....
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Smith was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in the 1964 presidential election, but was the first woman to be placed in nomination for the presidency at a major party's convention.[2] Upon leaving office, she was the longest-serving female Senator in history, a distinction that was not surpassed until January 5, 2011, when Senator Barbara Mikulski was sworn in for a fifth term.[5] To date, Smith is ranked as the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate.[6] (If Susan Collins, who holds Smith's former Senate seat, completes her current term, she will tie Smith for that title.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Chase_Smith
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American Statesperson, feminist role model, Republican, deceased recent era, from a small (neutral) state. Worthy, and noncontroversial.