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posted by janrinok on Saturday June 20 2015, @05:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the banknotes-for-discerning-gentlemen dept.

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


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  • (Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Saturday June 20 2015, @03:44PM

    by Aiwendil (531) on Saturday June 20 2015, @03:44PM (#198721) Journal

    Go with Bettie Page - it would be perfect; lighthearted, not politically correct, would make people actually want to have the bills, not be anyone current, and also remind people of just how far society has come (if it is a moral decline or an advance in openness is another story)...

    But if people wants it more serious then Grace Hopper, Rosa Parks or Henrietta Lacks would probably be the ones that would impress me the most.

    And if they go with "must be a celebrity" then maybe go with Janis Joplin.

    But whatever you do, do _not_ pick anyone that did whatever they where famous for in the last fourty or so years..

    No, I'm not from the US, but the recent redesign of the swedish bills made me realise that all of the sense of art and humor seems to be disappearing from currency.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 20 2015, @09:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 20 2015, @09:07PM (#198799)

    The woman who refuses to die.

    In 1951, she had a cancerous tumor that killed her before the year was up.
    The thing is that, while she was still alive, her doctor took a sample of that and he cultured it.
    The HeLa cell line, unlike normal cells that run out of telomeres and die, appears to be immortal and to this day is very valuable for experimentation.
    (Neither she or her family received a dime for the use of her cells.)

    -- gewg_