Which woman's face should be on a $10 bill

[Cyrano]

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%)
	Clara Barton
	0 (0%)
	Susan B. Anthony
	2 (6%)
	Rosa Parks
	1 (3%)
	Eleanor Roosevelt
	15 (43%)
	Other: (please name)
	5 (14%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Reter]

1. Granny D!

Remember her?

[hfojvt]

2. too many of those are divisive

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]

6. I think Sandra Day O'Connor

would be someone else that a case could be made for, but some would find divisive.

[Cyrano]

13. She was one of five that appointed George W.

to the presidency. This was one of the most despicable acts by the Supreme Court of the 21st century.

[hughee99]

15. As I said, the case could be made for her, and it would be a divisive pick. n/t

[Travis_0004]

33. Since she isn't dead, its also an illegal pick.

[hughee99]

38. Not to sound morbid, but by the time they get the ball rolling on this, it wouldn't be an issue.

Whoever the nominee might be, this isn't going to happen overnight.

[Raster]

53. While on the face of it, O'Connor, as the first woman to sit on the SCOTUS certainly deserves....

...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]

35. Much less divisive than the males already appearing on bank notes.

Much less divisive than the males already appearing on bank notes.

[bettyellen]

61. God forbid we have context, right? I've noticed it always flies out the window in

Discussions of sexism here at DU. Funny that!

[davidn3600]

66. Most of those guys aren't divisive (to most people)

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]

63. Divisive? How?

Apart from Roosevelt being a Dem?

[Orrex]

3. Ayn Rand

Oh, wait. I thought you were asking whose face should appear on rolls of commemorative toilet paper.

[Nye Bevan]

4. Rosa Parks would make a powerful statement (nt)

[bigwillq]

5. Vanna White (nt)

[Hiraeth]

36. lol

chuckle and Kim Kardashian on the five.

[Eleanors38]

43. But would Kim, you know, fit?

[librechik]

7. Ms. Liberty!

totally uncontroversial nowadays?

Back in the day funding realities delayed the install for decades, then...

snip

"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]

8. Betsy Ross [nt]

[hollysmom]

9. I have a couple of requirements

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]

32. good list

IMO she should be a feminist figure in some way - someone who led the charge.

[KamaAina]

56. Rankin also voted against U.S. entry into both world wars

she cast the only vote against entry into WWII.

[hollysmom]

62. Indeed, I read that, but do you think answer are definitive for that time,

and definitive for wars of our time? I am not sure that is true.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Molly Pitcher

[edbermac]

11. Veruca Salt

[Maedhros]

42. Or this Veruca Salt:

[ChisolmTrailDem]

12. First, I think a new bill, which presumably will exist in perpetuity, should feature a modern woman.

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]

18. It's a partial list. That's why "other" is there

That said, I like your suggestions.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

22. Oh, sorry Cyrano, I wasn't referring to your poll. I was just lamenting that the list being put

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]

27. I'm all for changing the $10, $20, and $50 --

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]

14. Any of those...but it should be the twenty.

[Blasphemer]

28. Agreed about the $20... nt

[Scootaloo]

31. 110% agree

Let's get that genocidal fuckweasel and his shaggy-ass eyebrows off our currency

[wendylaroux]

55. ha!!! you have

a way with words.And your absolutely right.

[B2G]

16. Helen Keller. nt

[arcane1]

26. One of my choices as well n/t

[closeupready]

17. Harriet Tubman, a woman who gave SO much in fighting the scourge

of human slavery in the United States and more generally, fought for women's suffrage.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. NO Woman on $10 Bill - It Should Be The $20 Bill, the international banking & travel denomination!

.


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


.

[niyad]

24. excellent point!

[Whiskeytide]

51. It should be a $7.70 bill...

... to make a statement. And they're all good candidates. This should have been done 50 years ago.

[Erose999]

20. What about RBG?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

29. A very deserving nominee. nt

[saturnsring]

21. IDA WELLS!

[niyad]

23. alice b paul

[Glassunion]

25. Other: Harriet Stowe on the $10, Elizabeth Stanton on the $20

[treestar]

30. Susan B Anthony

Because she was directly involved in the forward movement of women.

[sarisataka]

34. Why have any face?

Just be honest, like from the movie They Live

[Wounded Bear]

37. Amelia Earhart...

Strong woman who excelled in a "man's" field with courage and innovation.

[mythology]

39. I agree with those suggesting replacing Jackson on the 20

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]

41. I've seen (fake) $3 bills with Nixon's face

Can't remember where.

[hifiguy]

47. They were a gag item back in the 1970s.

I found an image of one last week with teh Google.

[yuiyoshida]

40. I chose...

Margaret Cho!


I Just love her!


UPDATE

[Cyrano]

45. Yeessss. She can replace McKinley on the $500 bill

After all, his name was taken off a mountain and it was no big loss.

[Shandris]

44. Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy <n/t>

[hifiguy]

46. Voted for Eleanor

though Rosa Parks would also be a fine choice.

[struggle4progress]

48. IMO the honoree should be a black woman

Sojourner Truth. Harriett Tubman. Ida B Wells-Barnett. Pauli Murray. Rosa Parks.

[cry baby]

49. Alice Stokes Paul. nt

[PeaceNikki]

50. Yup! Iron Jawed Angel!

[n2doc]

52. Michelle Obama

Just to piss off the RW'ers. Plus she has been a great first lady.

[Lizzie Poppet]

54. Grace Hopper

[Glorfindel]

57. I really, really like Eleanor Roosevelt

She was a great woman, a great citizen, and a true Democrat.

[CanonRay]

58. Margaret Thatcher, according to JEB!

[Tikki]

59. Betty White

Remind people to be kind to animals....


Tikki

[Warren DeMontague]

60. Janis Joplin.

[Trailrider1951]

64. I cannot believe that no one has mentioned Sally Ride

What a woman! What an American!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride

[Nevernose]

65. Mother Jones

I can dream, can't I?

[Yavin4]

67. We should have royalty on the $10 bill - Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul

"A19, that's 'Retha Franklin
She don't remember the Queen of Soul"

[Heeeeers Johnny]

68. Barbara Bush

Oh wait, she's already on the $1.00 bill.
Never mind.

[bedazzled]

69. frances kelsey - prevented thalidomide from being used in the US

was brave enough to stand up to authority, and saved so many lives....

[bluedigger]

70. Margaret Chase Smith

Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995)[1] was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S Representative (1940-1949) and a U.S. Senator (1949-1973) from Maine.[2] She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Maine in either.[3] A moderate Republican, she is perhaps best remembered for her 1950 speech, "Declaration of Conscience," in which she criticized the tactics of McCarthyism.[4]

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

The Declaration of Conscience was a speech made by Senator Margaret Chase Smith on June 1, 1950, less than four months after Senator Joe McCarthy's infamous "Wheeling Speech," on February 9, 1950. It also refers to the text of the speech itself, which was endorsed by six other moderate and (possibly) liberal Republicans. In it, she criticized national leadership and called for the country, the United States Senate, and the Republican Party to re-examine the tactics used by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and (without naming him) Senator Joe McCarthy. She stated the basic principles of "Americanism" were:

The right to criticize;
The right to hold unpopular beliefs;
The right to protest;
The right of independent thought.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Conscience

American Statesperson, feminist role model, Republican, deceased recent era, from a small (neutral) state. Worthy, and noncontroversial.

[cynannmarie]

71. Abigail Adams (n/t)