Discussion for article #237586
Too soon for Notorious R.B.G.?
Weāve never had any literary or artistic figures on our currency, unlike most countries.
How about Emily Dickinson or Georgia OāKeefe?
Worthy suggestions, and Iād include Ella Fitzgerald. Huge, huge artist and a tremendously attractive personality, pretty much universally loved by any serious music fan.
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to run with the Internet joke thatās already a clicheā¦ itāll only be worth $7.80
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Shouldaā been the $20. Native American killing Jackson has no place there.
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Huh, I thought the plan was to replace Jackson on the twenty originally?
I have a friend who use to joke whenever he went on a spending spree that he was āGoing to be dropping Hamiltons like Aaron Burr.ā
I guess heāll have to figure out a new joke.
Not yetā¦
only the dead get the honor.
Mae West?
Seriously, Iāve loved the idea of Ella Fitzgerald on a US bill since I first heard the idea of getting rid of the DWM. Iāve never understood how Hamilton made it, other than as a might-have-been.
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Georgia OāKeeffe
How do we get rid of the genocidal Jackson?
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I vote Betsy Ross but Iām guessing it will be Sarah Palin!
Great news! Next step is to remove the āIn God we trustā BS from our currency!
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That was my opinion. Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the treasury, founder of American capitalism, and designer of our currency system deserves to be on our money every bit as much as Washington of Lincoln.
Jackson, on the other hand, is the architect behind the āTrail of Tearsā and was an active advocate to abolish the paper money system and return to the metal based economy. He has no place on our money.
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It should be Harriet Tubman. There really isnāt another choice that comes close in my opinion. She worked for freedom at great personal risk to herself by running the underground railroad. She personally freed hundreds of slaves. During the Civil War she was the first woman to lead an armed attack fighting for the Union scoring a significant victory at Combahee. She then spent two years undercover, by herself in the South scouting for the Union! For that she was the first woman buried with military honors when she died. After the War she became a strong suffragette, working alongside Susan B. Anthony. Unfortunately, she died penniless, having never received a pension or any compensation for her military service a few years before she would earn the right to vote as a woman.
I see the point behind the other women, but it has to be Tubman in my mind. She is an American hero.
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as we should anyway. It was only added in 1954 during the āRed Scareā to āprove we were better than the Godless Communists!ā
The Pledge of Allegiance was changed too, it was originally: āOne Nation, Indivisible, with liberty and justice for allā and that was changed to āOne Nation, Under God, Indivisible, with liberty and justice for allā.
Now many just drop the āIndivisibleā altogether.
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hard to argue with this, good post!
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lol I hate myself for posting something serious and sincere, what I meant to say was that it should be Lizzie Borden, Servalan or Marjorie Cameron
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I worship Ella; but artsy though I am, Iād stick with someone whoās had a direct impact on our government/national development. My choice would be Frances Perkins, without whom FDR wouldnāt have been FDR: his Secretary of Labor (and first female cabinet secretary), she was the prime mover behind Social Security, the minimum wage, and pretty much everything else we think of as the New Deal and, indeed, the emergence of a solid middle-class America:
http://www.ssa.gov/history/fperkins.html
Race is so essential to our national fabric, and she was so genuinely extraordinary, that I not only understood but was happy that Harriet Tubman won the unofficial āWomen on 20sā competition; but Iād really love it to be Perkins.
(But whatās with replacing Hamilton? Federalist Papers author crucial to the creation of our Constitution, inventor of our financial system, and all-around badass genius. [And no, the āthe lady can share it with himā idea kinda undercuts her honor, no? Geez.] The āWomen on 20sā folks had it right: get that genocidal Jackson off my money.)
EDIT: @BlueberryTomatoSoup, youāve almost convinced me to change my voteā¦
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Frances Perkins would be a good choice as well (although I still vote Tubman). She really was an amazing woman. One of the things I am enjoying about this discussion is it is giving people an opportunity to really think about women who have had a genuine impact on America, something we donāt think about that much, even during womenās history month. But if you tell people they need to choose who will be on the money, well now they care. Not only think about it, but then try to justify why the woman was so amazing she deserves to be on our money. It is great. I have had, hands down, the most interesting discussions I have had in some time about this topic.
I also agree with you the fact that she will be sharing the bill with Hamilton kind of undercuts the honor for both of them. Just dump Jackson, and give a woman and Hamilton the due credit they both deserve.
I wish @Josh_M would hype this article and put it above the fold so it got more attention. The murders in SC are of course very important to cover, but it would be nice to have a positive article above the fold. Especially this one, which has such potential to stimulate positive discussion in the community.
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