# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/141 "2016-04-17T19:15:49Z")
No, this one: [http://www.movieactors.com/photos-stars/harvey-korman-blazingsaddles-5.jpg](http://www.movieactors.com/photos-stars/harvey-korman-blazingsaddles-5.jpg) ---
**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, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/142 "2016-04-17T20:14:37Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > [Already tried](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Bloody_Andrew_Jackson). It closed after 120 performances. Huh. No kiddin’? Well, obviously, it needs a little retooling. Maybe some wirework and tasteful nudity… ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/143 "2016-04-17T20:19:18Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > His point is that the OP already mentioned another black woman. You claimed you could only think of two, which did not include Sojourner Truth. > > Did you not know she was black? Ah, but, was she a woman? (I’ve got a poster of that speech. Damn but that woman had more balls than the immense majority of dudes, and am I glad I never got the sharp end of her tongue.) > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > What, A French woman? :eek: Two, there were two models (as in “person who poses”, no as in “design”). ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/144 "2016-04-18T00:12:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, this one: [http://www.movieactors.com/photos-stars/harvey-korman-blazingsaddles-5.jpg](http://www.movieactors.com/photos-stars/harvey-korman-blazingsaddles-5.jpg) That’s _Hedley_. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/145 "2016-04-18T01:36:07Z")
The sheriff is a…! :: BONG :: ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/146 "2016-04-18T13:14:09Z")
My vote for Emma Goldman. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/147 "2016-04-18T13:21:28Z")
2020, lots of time to decide, who is the final decision maker? ---
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/148 "2016-04-18T15:30:08Z")
For those who like the idea of women on currency: [https://www.usmint.gov/mint\_programs/firstSpouse/](https://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/firstSpouse/) ---
**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:** [April 20, 2016, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/149 "2016-04-20T09:05:40Z")
> [@CoastalMaineiac](#): > > For those who like the idea of women on currency: > [https://www.usmint.gov/mint\_programs/firstSpouse/](https://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/firstSpouse/) They could do a twofer – Bill Clinton on one side, Hillary on the other, with both sides the obverse and no reverse. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/150 "2016-04-20T16:45:36Z")
Looks like Hamilton will stay on the $10, as expected, and it’ll be Harriet Tubman on the $20: [Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared - POLITICO](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/treasurys-lew-to-announce-hamilton-to-stay-on-10-bill-222204) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/151 "2016-04-23T02:14:02Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Jackson being booted is great news. Brilliant choice of removal as he was an ignorant choice to start with. According to the article just above, it’s not a complete removal–the current plan is for him to be on the back. If they’re going to go there, I suggest they put all the people who have graced our money before on the back. Maybe even spread it out on more than one bill. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/152 "2016-04-23T02:17:53Z")
Out of curiosity, has Teddy Roosevelt ever been on currency? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it if he had. He seems to have been well-enough regarded to warrant it, so it seems odd it’s not been tried. > [@BigT](#): > > According to the article just above, it’s not a complete removal–the current plan is for him to be on the back. > > If they’re going to go there, I suggest they put all the people who have graced our money before on the back. Maybe even spread it out on more than one bill. Yeah, Andrew, haha, back of the bus for _you_, double haha! 😃 ---
**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 23, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/153 "2016-04-23T12:28:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Out of curiosity, has Teddy Roosevelt ever been on currency? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it if he had. He seems to have been well-enough regarded to warrant it, so it seems odd it’s not been tried. > > … TR has only been featured in the [presidential dollar coin](http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/?action=TRoosevelt) series, never on paper currency. And perhaps on a coin would be more befitting of him as redesigning coins was his [self-described “pet crime.”](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/greek-drachma-euro-roosevelt) In the end we settled for the double eagle $20 coin that he commissioned which never was fully realized as it was too hard to mass produce. Admittedly I quite like the TR alternative design as featured in [this CBSNews.com piece](http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/alternative-designs-for-us-currency/4/) which credits Edward Burczyk/[Dollar ReDe$ign Project](https://dollarredesign.wordpress.com/). ---
**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:** [April 23, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814/154 "2016-04-23T12:40:09Z")
Have they said if they’ll commission a portrait of Tubman to use on the $20 bill? The photos of her are… uh, not very flattering. The images we see on US currency are all portrait paintings and of course artistic license was taken to make the subjects happy with the results. 😉 I have read that Washington didn’t like the portrait chosen for his bill. But he’s not here to complain. lol [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814.md?page=7)