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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't butwhy do they not want to put susan b anthony on the 20
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Pillar of the Community
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I heard bits and pieces of an NPR show on this
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Put Martha on there.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Read about this a few days agoThis screams "Feminism" and "Political correctness" to me. Let's get some group formed to replace all dead presidents with Liberty on our coinage, and to replace all portraits on notes with vignettes (of Liberty or other non-persons) as in the style of this note. No more "men only" on currency, everyone's happy, problem solved. Side note: the CNBC example female portrait looks completely off to me. Portrait's too small. And poor photoshopping, part of Jackson is still there (in the eagle's wing) and the portrait extends too far south. People, people, people.
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They want a woman on the $20 because 2020 marks the 100 year anniversary of wen being able to vote. Also Andrew Jackson was President during the Indian removal and was a proponent of the gold standard so they claim he has no business on paper currency
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This screams "Feminism" and "Political correctness" to me. There was practically a riot over here last year when the Bank of England announced that Elizabeth Fry was to be taken off the five-pound note and replaced by Churchill. This was followed by a successful campaign by feminists to get Jane Austen put on the new ten-pound note. *** Last sentence removed by the Staff to prevent thread from going off-topic *** Edited by NumisRob
03/11/2015 04:19 am
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Let's get some group formed to replace all dead presidents with Liberty on our coinage, and to replace all portraits on notes with vignettes (of Liberty or other non-persons) as in the style of this note. I would sign on to this group.  |
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Its strange how there is no picture on the Women on 20s website that they show a portrait for the men the $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills, but not the portrait of Jefferson for the $2 bill.
Why do so many people want Lady Liberty back on our coins and paper money so badly? There are only so many things you could do with one (fictional) person. I mean, with all of the coins and bills we have in circulation, how many different poses, hair styles, etc. are you going to be able to put Lady Liberty in, before you run out of ideas? At least with Presidents, Statesmen, Treasury Secretaries, etc. you have a few more options on what you can do.
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This screams "Feminism" and "Political correctness" to me. Hmm, depends on your perspective, really. Actually I'd like to see an end of politicians on money because they try to force us to think that they have any power or influence over the populace. The insulin theme on the CAD$100 is a good start but they need to build on that. So the reason I mentioned Rosa Parks is that she screams societal change from the grass roots, real people power not dictated by lawmakers. She is a good symbol of that and she could've been a Caucasian male and I would still have that same opinion about her; it's not about her gender or skin color but more about treating people with the golden rule. |
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Why do so many people want Lady Liberty back on our coins and paper money so badly? Because Liberty is politically neutral. |
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Wait, so having men on all our currency is "normal," but adding women is "political correctness"?
I'm sorry, can you explain this to me? Women are approximately 50% of our population and 0% of the people represented on our circulating currency. How is that normal?
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but adding women is "political correctness"? It's similar (at least in my opinion) as to how just about every commercial or advertisement from large corporations anymore NEEDS to have one Asian-American or one African-American. I've honestly always wondered how that isn't considered racist, there's always only one Asian-American or African-American and **everyone else** is Indo-European. I think that the inclusion of one should be more racist than having none. Now, replace the above with women-vs-men, and racist becomes sexist. Furthermore, I advocate for the removal of all men and the inclusion of Liberty once more. Liberty graced our coinage and certain banknotes for 150 years. And as jbuck said, Liberty is politically neutral. Conversely, I'm not opposed to replacing a certain number (upwards of half or so) of our currency's depictions withwomen, provided they're people who are known by the general populace (as in the style of our currency today). For example, of the 15 selected by Women On 20's for replacement of Jackson, I only know who (or am remotely aware of) the following: Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, and Eleanor Roosevelt. |
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I prefer 20's on my ladies. Lol. No, in all seriousness, lady liberty being on coins and paper fiat again would change everything. I love the idea of that. THese old guys on our money, even though significant, are not the most beautiful specimens to observe.
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