US says woman will appear on new $10 note


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US says woman will appear on new $10 note

The US Treasury Department says a redesigned $10 note will feature a woman, but who she will be has not been decided.

 

The new note will debut in 2020 to mark the 100th anniversary of the US Constitution's 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

 

The treasury will seek the public's input in the selection, looking for a "champion for our inclusive democracy".

 

Former US political leaders - all white men - currently headline US notes.

The woman who the Treasury Department ultimately selects will replace Alexander Hamilton, a key figure in the American Revolution and the first secretary of the US Treasury.

 

Hamilton began appearing on the $10 note in 1929. He along with diplomat and inventor Ben Franklin are the only non-presidents featured on current US notes.

Women have been featured on US money before, but the notes and coins were not widely used. Most recently women's rights activist Susan B Anthony and Native American Sacagawea appeared on dollar coins, but both coins quickly went out circulation.

 

The primary goal of the redesign is to add measures to thwart counterfeiters, the Treasury Department said. But women's groups have recently pressed for more representation on US notes.

 

"We have only made changes to the faces on our currency a few times since bills were first put into circulation, and I'm proud that the new 10 will be the first bill in more than a century to feature the portrait of a woman," said Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew.

 

In March, an independent group held a contest to select a woman to headline the $20 note, replacing former President Andrew Jackson.

 

Abolitionist Harriet Tubman was the public's top choice, beating out finalists, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, civil rights activist Rosa Parks and leader of the Cherokee nation Wilma Mankiller.

 

Tubman was known as the "conductor" of the Underground Railroad that allowed many slaves to escape to freedom in the 1850s.

 

Mr Lew will make a decision about the selected woman by the end of year.

Source: BBC News

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The primary goal of the redesign is to add measures to thwart counterfeiters, the Treasury Department said. But women's groups have recently pressed for more representation on US notes.

 

Maybe I'm just weird but I can honestly say this is something I have never thought out. I guess it's just another tool for the patriarchys dominance over women and my male white privilege never let me see it before so it had to be pointed out?

 

At any rate. Cool. I guess. We need more monopoly money.

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I say we put the atomic bomb on a bill... we used it first in war, it changed the world..... and just like the financial markets, it blew up big time

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sure it's not the $8.75 note? I mean women make less then men at the same job right? :rofl:  :rolleyes:

 

I say we put the atomic bomb on a bill... we used it first in war, it changed the world..... and just like the financial markets, it blew up big time

 

aren't you just full of comedy today :rofl:

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My gut feeling is that with all the racial stuff going on lately they will pick a black woman.  Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks I read are two suggestions.  They could always use 'Lady Liberty'.

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Eleanor Roosevelt would be a good choice and a better fit then Harriet Tubman for paper money.

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I think the best choice would just to be to go back to Susan B. Anthony, an early feminist and women's leader who's respected by people of every political persuasion. E. Roosevelt isn't as unifying. Tubman and Parks also have respect but they weren't really political leaders, plus that would go beyond just recognizing women, if that's the aim of this.

 

Btw, all the first spouses have already appeared on coins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_$1_Coin_Program#First_Spouse_program  . Early women like Abigail Adams imo would also be potential choices.

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Pft. Just go with Rachel Dolezal. Both whites and blacks will then be represented. ;)

Perfect :D

Eleanor Roosevelt would be a good choice and a better fit then Harriet Tubman for paper money.

Eleanor is not only a woman but some say a Lesbian too.  Two for the price of one.

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Eleanor Roosevelt would be a good choice and a better fit then Harriet Tubman for paper money.

Roosevelt is the current leader in polls, but i cannot figure out why. I honestly dont know anything about her or what she did in her life, so perhaps i should read up.

 

also, something tells me that 'mankiller' isnt going to fly...

 

[edit] just read her wiki. im on board (Y)

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Roosevelt is the current leader in polls, but i cannot figure out why. I honestly dont know anything about her or what she did in her life, so perhaps i should read up.

 

also, something tells me that 'mankiller' isnt going to fly...

She was essentially the President in Frankiln's last years. She also held other government and public postions after that so she would make the most sense on the $10 bill.

 

"mankiller"?

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how about Madame Curie then they could include glow in the dark areas of the bank note. :)

Since she was French / Polish I don't think that'd go over well not being part of the USA as a citizen...

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AUGH! I literally recoiled when I saw this :|

Same here... I was the one who coined Sarah "dumb dumb" Palin in the day. :)

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