A woman will appear on redesigned $10 bill in 2020

Washington Post ^ | June 17, 2015 | By Ylan Q. Mui and Abby Ohlheiser

[Brad from Tennessee]

Will it be Susan B. Anthony or Harriet Tubman? Eleanor Roosevelt or Rosa Parks? Or another important woman from American history?

These will be among the names the nation ponders after the Obama administration’s announcement late Wednesday that a woman will be featured on the $10 bill, the first time in well over a century that a female portrait will grace the United States’ paper money.

The redesigned bill will be unveiled in 2020 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the right of women to vote. The Treasury Department is launching a massive public campaign to solicit suggestions through social media and town halls for what the bill should look like and who should be on it. The only requirements for candidacy are that the woman be deceased and embody the theme of the bill’s new look: “Democracy.”

“America’s currency makes a statement about who we are and what we stand for as a nation,” said Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, who has the authority to make the decision. . .

[dp0622]

tawny kitaen

[donna]

Cash is going out of style.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Aunt Esther? :-)

[Army Air Corps]

If it must be a woman, then why not Dolly Madison or Abigail Adams?

[P-Marlowe]

Maggie Thatcher

[ChicagahAl]

Followed by the headline: “Americans refuse to accept or use ten dollar bills”.

The tenner will become the new Susan B Anthony dollar coin.

[BenLurkin]

I vote for Heidi Fleiss

[BBell]

I don't have a problem with a women on a bill as long as she is not put on there for political purposes.

Jeannette Pickering Rankin

I do not agree with her politics but she played by the rules and actually did something for women's rights.

[vbmoneyspender]

Caitlyn Jenner

[KarlInOhio]

Rachel Dolezal with color shifting ink.

[BBell]

Tammy Faye Bakker

[Politicalkiddo]

Monica Lewinsky.

[BBell]

Now that’s funny. Hold the bill up to a light and the image gets whiter.

[BBell]

In what position?

[pepsionice]

Why does it have to be an American gal? Why not Madam Curie?

[BBell]

A true brave American heroine!

[ThomasThomas]

Do they want a woman or could it be someone who self identifies as a woman.

[BBell]

Marilyn Monroe

[ViLaLuz]

Bo Derek, she’s a 10.