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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".
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.
Who should it be?
Additional coverage: NYtimes.com
Original Submission
(Score: 2, Disagree) by Justin Case on Saturday June 20 2015, @02:37PM
> The people were chosen for their accomplishments, not their gender, race, or sexual preference.
But not any more. The next one will be chosen by gender. That much has already been decided. There's no attempt to pick the "best" by any definition other than gender. Once that's out of the way, then yes, maybe the best "of the women". Not the best of everybody.
Isn't that the very definition of sexism?
Further, it insults women by saying "You can never be the very best on your accomplishments alone. You need to add a pussy to the equation to measure up. Men, of course, don't."
Of course the same thing has been said about all other types of reverse discrimination all the time, but the bigots (racist, sexist as in this case, or whatever) plow ahead obliviously.