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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 09:47 PM Jun 2015

A woman will appear on redesigned $10 bill in 2020 [View all]

Source: Washington Post

Will it be Susan B. Anthony or Harriet Tubman? Eleanor Roosevelt or Rosa Parks? Or another important woman from American history?

These will be among the names the nation ponders after the Obama administration’s announcement late Wednesday that a woman will be featured on the $10 bill, the first time in well over a century that a female portrait will grace the United States’ paper money.

The redesigned bill will be unveiled in 2020 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the right of women to vote. The Treasury Department is launching a massive public campaign to solicit suggestions through social media and town halls for what the bill should look like and who should be on it. The only requirements for candidacy are that the woman be deceased and embody the theme of the bill’s new look: “Democracy.”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/woman-to-appear-on-10-bill-in-2020/2015/06/17/90f7c3ee-153c-11e5-89f3-61410da94eb1_story.html

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wasn't the original proposal for a woman to be on the $20? niyad Jun 2015 #1
It was - and it just occurred to me that LiberalElite Jun 2015 #5
NO-that was a proposal by a private advocacy group brooklynite Jun 2015 #21
I would have preferred that. kenfrequed Jun 2015 #37
Eleanor is out, even though a lot of people love her... pipoman Jun 2015 #2
Actually they stopped making the dollar coins with Susan B. years ago because the dollar coins just cstanleytech Jun 2015 #6
Yeah, they are still in circulation pipoman Jun 2015 #10
I hope for Harriet Tubman shenmue Jun 2015 #3
Just in time for Hillary's second term. Hoping for Eleanor Roosevelt. nt onehandle Jun 2015 #4
Decent choice but I was thinking more along the lines of Elizabeth Blackwell cstanleytech Jun 2015 #9
This is awesome MFM008 Jun 2015 #7
how about margaret sanger, and this image? niyad Jun 2015 #8
Looks good to me. 47of74 Jun 2015 #20
Actually teahadists hate Hamilton if they know anything about him ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2015 #26
As much as I like the idea of any of these women, I'm kind of sorry to see Hamilton go Rhiannon12866 Jun 2015 #53
I thought that thousands of people already voted for this MuseRider Jun 2015 #11
That was done by an independent organization with no real influence. Calista241 Jun 2015 #13
Ahhh MuseRider Jun 2015 #15
That was an unofficial poll. NYC Liberal Jun 2015 #14
Thanks. MuseRider Jun 2015 #16
I'm sure there will be similar results — anyone who voted in the poll is likely NYC Liberal Jun 2015 #17
So is Andrew Jackson going out? treestar Jun 2015 #12
Frances Perkins elephant hunter Jun 2015 #18
Grace Murray Hopper Recursion Jun 2015 #24
she is also an excellent choice. niyad Jun 2015 #39
Cool, 47of74 Jun 2015 #19
Jackson still needs to go. okasha Jun 2015 #22
Will it be worth $7.80 after that? (nt) Recursion Jun 2015 #23
good point! niyad Jun 2015 #40
Bad choice, should have been Jackson booted ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2015 #25
I'm with you on Hamilton. He rates being on the $10 bill... damyank913 Jun 2015 #38
"in 2020" ustilago Jun 2015 #27
100th anniversary of women's suffrage in this country, nearly 150 years after independence. niyad Jun 2015 #41
They need to redesign the "Genocide", my name for the $20 McCamy Taylor Jun 2015 #28
In today's climate I'd put my money on Kim Kardashian. Kablooie Jun 2015 #29
The good news is you must be dead to be on the 20. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #30
Who knows what tomorrow will bring? Kablooie Jun 2015 #32
Elizabeth Cady Stanton denbot Jun 2015 #31
Will they call it the "$7.70 Bill"? Scuba Jun 2015 #33
No, but that will be its value by then JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2015 #34
why Hamilton instead of Jackson ? JI7 Jun 2015 #35
They said this will be the first time a woman's picture would be on a U.S. bill. bulloney Jun 2015 #36
!! BlueJazz Jun 2015 #52
I'm sorry, but why do we have to do this? Telcontar Jun 2015 #42
Maybe to recognize THE OTHER 50% of the human population? CrispyQ Jun 2015 #43
Currency is redesigned to keep ahead of counterfitters tammywammy Jun 2015 #48
Okay - back to the original model brooklynite Jun 2015 #49
Does this mean it will be worth $7.50? joanbarnes Jun 2015 #44
A sad but truthful DUzy. CrispyQ Jun 2015 #46
Just want to say, in my best Madeline Kahn voice, "It's about time!" CrispyQ Jun 2015 #45
I really wish they would go with Tubman Frank Cannon Jun 2015 #47
I would like to see Rosa Parks Marrah_G Jun 2015 #50
How about Mary Walker? KansDem Jun 2015 #51
She should go on the $20, not the $10 jmowreader Jun 2015 #54
Alice Paul. LeftOfWest Jun 2015 #55
I hope it's Harriet Tubman Matariki Jun 2015 #56
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