# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/121 "2015-09-08T19:39:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I still say it should be Georgia Neese Gray, the first female Treasurer of the United States. I note that there’s a certain amount of resistance to tossing Alexander Hamilton out, particularly considering that Jackson is coming to be viewed as a more douche-y character these days. However, in light of the fact that Hamilton’s days are numbered, no matter what we do, how about making the woman Rachel Faucette? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/122 "2015-09-08T20:28:01Z")
Couldn’t we compromise by keeping Alexander Hamilton, but as he would look if transgender? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/123 "2015-09-08T21:39:36Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Couldn’t we compromise by keeping Alexander Hamilton, but as he would look if transgender? He’d be a pretty woman. Not that that is the most important thing, but lets face it, he’s pretty much the only looker we have on our money. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/124 "2015-09-08T22:29:16Z")
I vote Betsy Ross and the American flag on the back. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/125 "2015-09-10T01:53:33Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > I vote Betsy Ross and the American flag on the back. 🙂 Except that whole story about her is almost certainly bogus. We’ve even visited her home in Philadelphia, and the keepers freely admit the whole thing is bogus. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/126 "2015-09-10T15:29:08Z")
[Shirley Chisholm,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm) the first African-American woman elected to Congress. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/127 "2015-09-10T18:40:57Z")
I kept meaning to post a thread vote-off, like the Greatest Military Leader thread, for this question. I have it saved as a draft but I haven’t had enough time to finish assembling all the potential names and wiki links to them. ☹ Maybe this weekend, I’ll have a chance to integrate the suggestions from this thread in and kick it off. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/128 "2015-09-12T01:37:14Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Couldn’t we compromise by keeping Alexander Hamilton, but as he would look if transgender? Why not J Edgar Hoover in a dress for the $10? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/129 "2015-09-12T03:22:29Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > He’d be a pretty woman. Not that that is the most important thing, but lets face it, he’s pretty much the only looker we have on our money. In period hair and dress, of course. I wouldn’t want him to look silly, > [@TBG](#): > > Why not J Edgar Hoover in a dress for the $10? Well, that probably is the price on the street for a J Edgar Hoover in a dress. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/130 "2015-09-12T05:30:34Z")
How about just the statue of liberty? Or just a symbolic native american? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2015, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/131 "2015-09-12T06:21:00Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > How about just the statue of liberty? > > Or just a symbolic native american? What would be the point? To honor womanhood as a concept, or to honor native Americans in general? We used to do things like that with our coins: the Indian-head (AKA “buffalo”) nickel, the Liberty dollar, the Indian-head cent. . . I think the last of these was the Walking Liberty half-dollar, which was last made in 1948. We put real people on our money now. The treasury has asked the public which historical woman they should honor by putting her on the ten-dollar bill. I think it would come across as mildly insulting to conclude the search by settling on a generic figure instead of someone specific. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/132 "2015-09-12T06:28:09Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > How about just the statue of liberty? > > Or just a symbolic native american? A situation where the men on money are real men with accomplishments but the women are totally fake or nameless and symbolic is not really any better at all. There have been many millions of _real women_ (including real Native American women) in the United States. Picking _one_ of them is not so hard that it requires expanding the definition of “woman” to include _statues_. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/133 "2015-09-12T12:04:21Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > How about just the statue of liberty? What, A French woman? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/134 "2015-09-19T06:38:41Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > I agree. Grace Hopper is a perfect choice. Only if you didn’t spend most of a decade writing COBOL code… ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/135 "2015-09-19T06:41:24Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > 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. I agree. I thought it was already decided – “a woman on the 20 in 2020”. But instead we’re giving Jackson a pass and replacing Alexander Hamilton, who probably deserves to be better known than he actually is. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/136 "2016-04-17T09:51:07Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Hamilton does not deserve the boot. Jackson most definitely does. I don’t care if the logistics for whatever reason mean that only the $10 can be done in time for some observance, better to miss it and get that miserable man off the $20. Update And \*\*BobLibDem \*\*called it. Others too, probably. [CNN Money reports](http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/16/news/economy/jack-lew-hamilton-10-bill/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom) Hamilton will stay on the $10, though the reverse will be reworked. And a woman will replace Jackson on the $20. Announcement possibly this week. As to that $10 bill, “a mural-style depiction of the women’s suffrage movement – including images of leaders such as Susan B. Anthony – will be featured on the back of the bill.” So maybe we will see some of the other women mentioned in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/137 "2016-04-17T11:09:49Z")
Maybe Jackson could have gotten a reprieve if _he’d_ gotten his own hit musical, too… I’m thinking, tap [Jim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5NbD5bXyZI) [Steinman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-SLN3whXW0) for composer. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/138 "2016-04-17T15:19:04Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Maybe Jackson could have gotten a reprieve if _he’d_ gotten his own hit musical, too… > > I’m thinking, tap [Jim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5NbD5bXyZI) [Steinman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-SLN3whXW0) for composer. [Already tried](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Bloody_Andrew_Jackson). It closed after 120 performances. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/139 "2016-04-17T16:06:42Z")
Jackson being booted is great news. Brilliant choice of removal as he was an ignorant choice to start with. ---
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> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hedy Lamarr, inventor of wifi. Only if they use this picture: [http://lapostexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Hedy-Lamarr-1944-630x310.jpg](http://lapostexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Hedy-Lamarr-1944-630x310.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814.md?page=8)