# A woman will be featured on the new U.S. $10 bill **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814 "2015-06-18T01:54:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/61 "2015-06-18T19:05:28Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Okay, then it would make sense. Jackson and the $20 is the whole reason why this whole campaign to put a woman on bill started. We wanted to get rid of Jackson, so why not replace him with a woman? > > Maybe they found that $10s are used more often, so it would make more sense to put a woman there. I’m fairly certain that twenty-dollar bills are used more frequently. They’re what most ATMs spit out. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/62 "2015-06-18T20:01:07Z")
Before putting someone on money maybe we should first ask “what have they ever done for money?” So what dead American woman has the greatest impact on our monetary system, or economy, of in banking or finance? [Elinor Ostrom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom) is the only Nobel Prize winner in economics that is a woman. I’m not sure how influential that was and I only know about that myself because I looked it up just now. Seems to be for some interesting ideas who’s time is yet to come. Is there anyone better from that field? ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/63 "2015-06-18T20:04:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I like Grace Hopper, but don’t think she’s quite as important in American history as either Sojourner Truth or Eleanor Roosevelt. I recognize that Sojourner Truth and Eleanor Roosevelt did good things and are famous, but what lasting effect on American history did they have? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/64 "2015-06-18T20:14:58Z")
I still want Nellie Bly. ---
**Author:** ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/65 "2015-06-18T20:18:38Z")
None of the women so far proposed seem to me to be of the same level of historical importance as any of the men in the current line-up. I think that parachuting in an affirmative action candidate would just emphasize the gap. My nomination: “Walking Liberty”, formerly of the half-dollar: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Walking_Liberty_Half_Dollar_1945D_Obverse.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Walking_Liberty_Half_Dollar_1945D_Obverse.png) Her story: > She represents core founding values of the country, so would make a suitable marker for the anniversary of the extension of rights to women. The design is very beautiful and full of resonant symbolism. Bonus – no ethnic or political baggage to quarrel over. “Walking Liberty” FTW! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/66 "2015-06-18T20:25:09Z")
I’d like to see Admiral Hopper, but could live with Rosa Parks, who is a significant figure in the civil rights movement, certainly a significant historical event. Less of a token than many other suggestions. But, as many have already said, replace Jackson, not Hamilton. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/67 "2015-06-18T21:06:31Z")
Just wish it was the $20. I would like to see Jackson removed. ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/68 "2015-06-18T22:37:42Z")
I’d like Clara Barton, or Harriet Beecher Stowe… ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/69 "2015-06-18T23:12:48Z")
Clara Barton would be great. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/70 "2015-06-18T23:46:47Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Maybe they found that $10s are used more often, so it would make more sense to put a woman there. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m fairly certain that twenty-dollar bills are used more frequently. They’re what most ATMs spit out. Yep–[Are $10 bills becoming rarer in circulation?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=386230). (That was nearly nine years ago, but I doubt the basic picture has changed.) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/71 "2015-06-18T23:56:50Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Maybe they’ll be made of plastic? 🙂 Life in plastic, it’s fantastic! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/72 "2015-06-19T00:04:55Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I still want Nellie Bly. I would vote for her, but I think Susan B. Anthony will get in the ten. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/73 "2015-06-19T01:22:12Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I would vote for her, but I think Susan B. Anthony will get in the ten. so do I, given that they’re aligning it with the year women were granted the right to vote. plus, she’s already been represented on U.S. currency. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/74 "2015-06-19T02:02:55Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > It should be a notable female scientist or engineer, IMHO. How many male scientists and engineers have graced our currency? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/75 "2015-06-19T02:51:55Z")
I suppose Hillary Clinton is out. ---
**Author:** ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/76 "2015-06-19T03:11:21Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > How many male scientists and engineers have graced our currency? Most notably, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. A few from a list of people on banknotes: > **[List of people on United States banknotes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_United_States_banknotes)** > > Individual portraits of 53 people central to the history of the United States are depicted on the country's banknotes\[nb 1\] including presidents, cabinet members, members of Congress, Founding Fathers, jurists, and military leaders. > The Secretary of the Treasury was given broad latitude by Congress in 1862 to supervise the design, printing, and issue of banknotes.\[nb 2\] The Secretary, with input from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has final approval over the design of banknotes.\[n The r... William Clark; Meriwether Lewis – explorers DeWitt Clinton – father of the Erie Canal Robert Fulton – Mr. Steamboat, and other engineering/invention accomplishments Albert Gallatin – “the father of American ethnology” (Native American interests) Samuel F. B. Morse – inventor of the telegraph and those are just the names I recognized right off. A lot of the military and naval types probably had some engineering background. Among non-currency presidents, that category included Dwight Eisenhower and Jimmy Carter. More non-currency types: Theodore Roosevelt had extensive natural history interests. Herbert Hoover trained as a geologist and had a distinguished careet in engineering. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/77 "2015-06-19T03:18:25Z")
Maybe Rachel Dolezal? [It seems to have been her idea.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV_6hVSdNnw) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/78 "2015-06-19T06:17:26Z")
U.S. law prohibits living persons from being depicted on money, so people like Sandra Day O’Connor and Oprah Winfrey are out. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/79 "2015-06-19T06:36:59Z")
Betty Grable helped inspire American Servicemen to win WWII. Known as America’s Sweetheart. She worked tirelessly visiting wounded soldiers in the hospitals, and doing USO shows with Bob Hope very near the front lines. She was a big part of the US effort’s war bond drive. She’d be a name people recognize and remember. > **[Betty Grable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Grable)** > > Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. > Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million; for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she reigned in the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars (a feat only matched by Doris Day, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, although all were surpassed by Mary Pickford, who was in for 13 times). The U.S. Treasury Department in 1946 and 1947 listed her as the hi... ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/80 "2015-06-19T07:27:00Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Since the main qualification for being on US money is being a dead president, wouldn’t FDR be the “most qualified”? Why? Is he the _most_ dead of all the dead presidents? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814.md?page=5)