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Will Harriet Tubman Be the First Woman on the $20 Bill?
NBC News ^
| May 12, 2015
Posted on 05/12/2015 4:35:08 PM PDT by SMGFan
The people have spoken — at least, the people who cast ballots in an unofficial "Women on 20s" campaign — and more than 100,000 voters want to see Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill instead of Andrew Jackson.
Tubman, the abolitionist who helped free slaves on the Underground Railroad, on Tuesday was declared the winner of an online poll, part of a petition aimed at convincing the Treasury Department to put a new face on the $20 — and specifically a female one.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 20dollarbill; harriettubman; keepitasitis; twentydollarbill
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:35:08 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
She would be more deserving than most of the other possible choices.
Although I hope it does not go through.
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:36:39 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: SMGFan
Change you can believe in..
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:36:56 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Certified Islamophobe..)
To: SMGFan
As a black woman, she fills two quota slots if they do this.
So what’s next? Putting a known homosexual on our money? Or someone Hispanic, someone of some other ethnic minority???
To: SMGFan
If the GOP is stumped on immigration, they should ask themselves, “What would Andrew Jackson do?”
To: Dilbert San Diego
Putting a known homosexual on our money?
Milk money?
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:38:07 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: SMGFan
How about Albert Einstein?
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:38:09 PM PDT
by
Desron13
To: cardinal4
Just put my face on it :) It’s going to be worthless paper if things don’t change soon anyway.
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:38:19 PM PDT
by
dp0622
To: SMGFan
But it goes without saying that Hitlery is over qualified to be on any bill.
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:38:28 PM PDT
by
deadrock
(I is someone else.)
To: SMGFan
So they want a Lady? Make the heads of the left explode: put Ayn Rand on the 20$ bill!
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:39:22 PM PDT
by
Nateman
(If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
To: SMGFan
Let’s HOPE they stick with that plan and dont CHANGE their minds and put Michelle Obama’s mug in our currency!!
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:39:46 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: dp0622
I’m sick of the Left wanting to change everything!
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:40:19 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Certified Islamophobe..)
To: Jonty30
I agree; I’d rather see her than some babykiller. I could imagine the slang terms people would come up with for a $20 bill if they do change it, though.
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:42:18 PM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Jonty30
I agree; I’d rather see her than some babykiller. I could imagine the slang terms people would come up with for a $20 bill if they do change it, though.
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:42:19 PM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: SMGFan
Reagan belongs on the $20 bill. And, since that’s what mostly comes out of ATMs, the libs’ heads would explode, which is always good.
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:43:47 PM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:44:20 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: SMGFan
To: SMGFan
Why don’t they name a ship after her while they’re at it.
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:45:56 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: SMGFan
When was she elected president again?
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:49:10 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
To: SMGFan
Not Margaret?
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posted on
05/12/2015 4:50:11 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
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