Harriet Tubman is your potential replacement for Jackson on the $20 bill.

[ArcadiaGP]

Harriet Tubman is your potential replacement for Jackson on the $20 - The Washington Post

A group that wants to kick Andrew Jackson off of the $20 bill and replace him with a woman has, after months of collecting votes, chosen a successor: Harriet Tubman.

 

[chezuki]

IBTL. Preemptive.

 

[jsharmon7]

Nothing against Harriet Tubman, but why the change?

 

[Electronrider]

I can certainly think of worse choices for a female on American currency.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Outrageous. Or whocares. Whichever. Once the wallet is stolen it doesn't matter.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Nothing against Harriet Tubman, but why the change?

This group wants to banish Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill - The Washington Post

The good PR reason:

Campaign organizers are targeting the 20 because 2020 will mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

And the social justice warrior reason:

But there's another reason: Jackson's authorization and enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 -- which forced several Native American tribes to give up their land to white farmers and move to Oklahoma -- makes his continued presence on American currency controversial. Slate pitched the idea of doing away with the seventh U.S. president's face on the $20 bill last year, writing: "Andrew Jackson engineered a genocide. He shouldn’t be on our currency."

 

[Kutnupe14]

Susan B Anthony is another choice, right?

 

[Kutnupe14]

This group wants to banish Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill - The Washington Post

The good PR reason:



And the social justice warrior reason:

There's also the little know fact that Jackson hated the idea of paper money.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Susan B Anthony is another choice, right?

Article only lists these other finalists:

former first lady and human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt; civil rights figure Rosa Parks; and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation

 

[T.Lex]

I think SBA is disqualified because she was (is?) on the $1 coin, right?

 

[Kutnupe14]

Article only lists these other finalists:

former first lady and human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt; civil rights figure Rosa Parks; and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation

Oh Mankiller gets my vote.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I think SBA is disqualified because she was (is?) on the $1 coin, right?

Oh, didn't know they disqualified her

 

[JollyMon]

....and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation

The name all feminists dream about.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I think SBA is disqualified because she was (is?) on the $1 coin, right?

Lincoln. He's on a coin and on paper money.

 

[HoughMade]

Why not?

I'm not down with the Jackson bashing, but just because his picture is on the twenty, doesn't mean it always has to be. Harriet Tubman would be a fine choice.

Margaret Sanger and Betty Friedan were in the primary, so it appears the more level heads prevailed.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

I vote for Bruce Jenner!!!
Lets make everyone happy!!

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

It would appear this means alot to the symbolizm crowd, so it will probably happen -- either HT or some other woman's likeness.

I can't muster any outrage to care. Meh...

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I vote for Bruce Jenner!!!
Lets make everyone happy!!

That could serve a number of honorary and satirical purposes when it comes to money and monatary policy.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

That could serve a number of honorary and satirical purposes when it comes to money and monatary policy.

View attachment 38477 I here Bruce is already dolling himself up for the photo! . . You go Girl!!

 

[4sarge]

WHY CHANGE ? Just More Liberal BS with No weight of Law.