A feminist group that wants to boot Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill has chosen a female hero to replace him — abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
On Tuesday morning, Women on 20s revealed the results of a 10-week poll for a possible Jackson replacement and emailed a petition — addressed to President Barack Obama — to the White House Council on Women and Girls.
By midday, the council’s chair, Valerie Jarrett, and executive director, Tina Tchen, responded, saying they “would like to continue the conversation.”
“We’re waiting for some kind of meeting with the White House, and I can tell you that we are already in conversation with them,” Susan Ades Stone, executive director for Women on 20s, said first to Yahoo News.
The nonprofit argues that the year 2020, the centennial of women’s suffrage, would be the perfect time to add a woman to our U.S. banknotes.
Tubman is most remembered for her role as a conductor along the Underground Railroad, a secret network of houses leading slaves to freedom in the North.
Born into slavery in Maryland sometime between 1820 and 1825, she fled to Philadelphia via the Underground Railroad in 1848.
This circa 1860-75 photo shows Harriet Tubman. (Photo: Library of Congress)
Before the Civil War, as one of the country’s leading abolitionists, Tubman traveled to the South an estimated 19 times to rescue family members and strangers.
Later, with her knowledge of Southern geography, she became a valuable spy and guide for the Union Army.
“Harriet Tubman had an extraordinary life despite the amazing challenges she had to overcome,” Stone said. “She was an inspiration to our voters despite the fact that the field was full of extraordinary women.”
Jackson, on the other hand, has long been a controversial president because of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which forced Native Americans off their ancestral homes in the southeastern United States.
As a result, thousands of Native Americans died on their journey to designated “Indian Territory” west of the Mississippi River. This dark chapter in American history is known as the Trail of Tears.
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. (Photo: AP)
In February, Women on 20s presented many female candidates its members thought could replace Jackson on American currency. Their list included Alice Paul, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Sojourner Truth and others.
For the final round, the candidates were narrowed down to Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks and Wilma Mankiller — the last of whom was added halfway through the campaign.
“There was a particularly strong desire to see a Native American replace him,” Stone said. “Wilma Mankiller, the Cherokee nation chief, had a great showing in the final round. Someone who was relatively unknown got almost 59,000 votes.”
On Tuesday, the petition was also sent to the White House Office of Media Affairs and the Office of Correspondence, as well as the office of U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios.
Women on 20s plans to follow the emails and online submissions with physical packages containing additional materials, such as letters from schoolchildren and campaign statistics.
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/women-on-20s-nominates-harriet-tubman-as-andrew-118790930481.html
They picked a beaut.
Maybe Margaret Sanger could be on the ten, and Golda Meir could
be on the five? That would be another couple of real cuties!
As long as it doesn’t (according to THESE bozos, anyway) have to be a dead president, Peloosi, Fineswine & Napolitano (the dyke, not the judge) would be enough to make ANYONE want to get rid of those ‘bills’ as quick as they could.
For the record, who really gives a rat’s ass what the Federal Reserve debt instruments look like? We need to delete everything related to the international banking system, and re-establish a real asset-backed monetary system.
That being said, from a patriotically aesthetic perspective, aside from perhaps the $1 George Washington (and we know all the Illuminati/Masonic symbolism on that bill), Andrew Jackson would be one dead president I would NOT permit to be removed from the fiat currency.
Remember the epitaph on Jackson’s tombstone: “I Killed the Bank”. If you don’t understand what that means, you need to research it. I regret his apparent sin towards the indigenous natives; however, his opposition to the central bank was critical at the time.
Better to eliminate Hamilton the traitor from the $10 or Lincoln the traitor from the $5, or the traitor Grant from the $50…. particularly if the visage of Tubman, a creature completely bereft of faithfulness to the Republic is to be the recipient. Notice the modern corporately-paid slaves do not honor Tubman – the term “Uncle Tom” is no term of respect among them – in fact, the term is negatively applied to any Negroes who support the Republic or hold values of true freedom for those who used to be the wrongfully enslaved.
By the way…. The last person I would choose to remove would be Jefferson from the $2 note.
Yah bless the Republic;
No king but King Jesus.
Jackson on a major common bill, classic.
Killed the second US central bank.
Must get rid of him.
Most likely the Fed put him on the 20 as a FU to AJ as the Fed has risen from it’s slumber.
Either way, the money is junk and colored like Monopoly money [a big FU to the US citizenry], really.
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My Sec Question is 14+6 – – – Irony?
Thumbs up to both comments. Loss for words as it’s already been said!
One more thought…..
My son just asked me: “Why would they want to put someone who wasn’t an American President on the money?”
Since he hasn’t seen a lot of $100’s, I had to explain that Franklin was on the $100 bill. But his point stands…. Who, in comparison to the early protectors of the Republic is Harriet Tubman?
Since the payments to societal leaches surpasses the real wealth created by actual hard-working nationals, why not create a $257 bill with various welfare heroes on them (Sharpey-Sharpton comes to mind immediately) that would best represent the character and political values of those who could afford to use the notes? Tubman might not “fit the bill” for that note, but since we are throwing tradition and historical fact to the wind, what the hey?
Hamilton?
I stand corrected- the turd was also not a president.
Why is the banksters BOTH printing AND taxing?
Forget consenting to the argument for or against the name on the BILL or any other bill, until it is ADDRESSED THAT IT IS A TREASON ATTACK UPON THE PEOPLE — destroying our lives by proxy of the destruction of the monetary system, by the not regulating of the monitary system!
There is an IRS attacking people.
There are cops seizing money from people.
If I print money, why do I need to TAX? Why can’t I PRINT more money?
THAT IS MORE THAN THREE PROBLEMS RIGHT THERE!
One problem concerns PHYSICAL HEALTH
What difference does the GRAPHIC on the paper bill matter when the underlying system consists of treason corruption, lies, dishonor, and by proxy ALL OUR eventual death?
Maybe they’re doing this so people will stop using cash voluntarily rather than having to outlaw the stuff.
It’s largely irrelevant, because it’s worthless anyway. The Monopoly fives are going from pink to orange. Who cares?
GET YOUR SEEDS IN THE GROUND, AND ASSESS THE VALUE OF THINGS BY THEIR USEFULNESS RATHER THAN THEIR DOLLAR VALUE.
ANY currency only has value if the issuing nation has a functioning economy, and that requires the production of things that are in demand elsewhere.
SPEND ALL CASH IMMEDIATELY ON NEEDED OR USEFUL ITEMS.
who gives a Fck whos face is on any of the money,, its all fake anyhow
seems to me there are bigger issues they should be dealing with
This is not fare, I wanted Christy Canyon.