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this is a discussion within the Everything Else Community Forum; Abolitionist Harriet Tubman will appear on the front of the $20 bill, replacing former President Andrew Jackson and becoming the first woman and first minority featured on U.S. paper currency in modern times, the Treasury Department said, in a design ...
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04-20-2016, 07:50 PM | #1 |
Treasury Picks Tubman for $20 Bill
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman will appear on the front of the $20 bill, replacing former President Andrew Jackson and becoming the first woman and first minority featured on U.S. paper currency in modern times, the Treasury Department said, in a design overhaul that will leave Alexander Hamilton on the $10 note.
The move is the latest chapter in a 10-month controversy that erupted after Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew tried to address gender imbalance on U.S. currency notes. He opened up the selection process to the public just as the current face on the $10 bill was enjoying a resurgence in notoriety, and outrage ensued. “It’s a decision that reflects a good deal of listening,” Lew told reporters in Washington on Wednesday. “Harriet Tubman struck a chord in all parts of the country.” The announcement is Lew’s way of threading the needle between women’s groups who have been advocating for gender diversity on U.S. currency and fans of Hamilton, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, the playwright and star of the hit Broadway musical about the nation’s first Treasury secretary. Miranda lobbied Lew to keep Hamilton on the $10 note when he visited Washington last month. read more | |
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04-20-2016, 08:31 PM | #2 |
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Re: Treasury Picks Tubman for $20 Bill
I love it.
Pro Gun Pro Freedom Devout Christian Republican Replaces the racist creator of the Democrat party!!!! Whats not to love about it? Rock on sister!!! I'll bet the liberal democrats have their panties in a wad over this one. |
04-22-2016, 01:46 PM | #3 |
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Re: Treasury Picks Tubman for $20 Bill
This is Awesome!!!!
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