June 20, 2015
ENTIRELY TYPICAL OF FEMINISM...:
Plan for woman on $10 bill is praised, but Alexander Hamilton has backers (SAMANTHA MASUNAGA, 6/19/15, LA Times)
News that a woman will appear on the $10 bill in 2020 prompted an explosion of candidate suggestions and celebration, tempered by criticism of how the change will be carried out.
...to view entree to a dying institution as a victory--they'll get a woman on a bill just as we phase out paper money.
The problem is therew's really only one woman historically significant to warrant a spot--Harriet Beecher Stowe--and even she's a stretch. Lincoln and Grant have that moment covered.
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 20, 2015 11:31 AM
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