Woman’s portrait will appear on $10 bill
By Jackie Calmes, New York Times
WASHINGTON — Growing numbers of Americans are going cashless, but demands to finally put a woman on paper currency persist. And now theTreasury has announced that a portrait of a woman, to be determined soon, will grace the $10 bill.
The note will continue to have some image, also to be determined, of the current $10 honoree, Alexander Hamilton, a founding father (there were, of course, no mothers) and Treasury secretary to President George Washington (he of the $1 bill). Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, who by law makes the selection of an honoree, will disclose his choice by the end of the year. The new note will appear in 2020 — the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
The only criterion under law is that the chosen person must be dead, but the Treasury said Mr. Lew was looking for a woman “who was a champion for our inclusive democracy.” That would include the abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the top choice on social media of a campaign to put a woman on the $20 bill.
Miley!!!!
The misogynist knuckledraggers don’t want any woman on our-$$$
maybe Ann Coulter would be OK
Caitlynn Jenner?
Putting a women on the $10 bill is just symbolic at the time. But removing Alexander Hamilton is the logical start. We should be working on eliminating currency and moving to an all electronic economy. But that is another issue for another time.
Here is Hamilton’s story.
Alexander Hamilton (1757 – 1804)
Controversy:
Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr at Weehawken on the Hudson, and died in New York City the following day, July 12, 1804, and is buried in the Trinity Churchyard. (As with any answer, sources should be applied; please see enclosed sources below)
Bitterly disappointed in President John Adam’s erratic leadership, Hamilton openly opposed Adams’s reelection in 1800. When it appeared, however, that Aaron Burr might win the presidency over Jefferson, Hamilton unhesitatingly threw his support to Jefferson, whose policies he scorned, rather than to Burr, whom he regarded as a man without principles.
This and other opposition by Hamilton so frustrated and angered Burr that he challenged Hamilton to a duel. The two men fought at Weehawken, N.J., on July 11, 1804. Hamilton apparently fired into the air, but Burr took direct aim. Hamilton fell mortally wounded and died the next day in New York. He was buried in Trinity churchyard, New York City. He left his wife and seven children heavily in debt, but friends soon paid off the debts. Hamilton was mourned by his countrymen as one who had devoted his life to the nation’s growth in freedom and prosperity.
Narrative:
Hamilton was a Delegate from New York; born on the island of Nevis, British West Indies, January 11, 1757; immigrated to the United States in 1772, where he received educational training in the schools of Elizabethtown, N.J., and King’s College (now Columbia University), New York City; entered the Continental Army in New York in 1776 as captain of Artillery; appointed aide-de-camp to General Washington March 1, 1777, and served in that capacity until February 16, 1781; Member of the Continental Congress in 1782, 1783, and 1788; member of the Annapolis Convention of 1786; served in the New York State assembly in 1787; member of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787 which adopted the Constitution of the United States; member of the State ratification convention in 1788; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in New York City; Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President Washington 1789-1795; returned to New York and resumed the practice of law.
Source(s):
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/bio…
http://www.archives.gov/national-archive…
http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/…
How about Maya Angelou on the Ten Dollar bill? In that way, we honor the arts, minorities, and women.
Les….great info!