
Woman on the $10 Bill
The
United States announced that it will put a female on its $10 bill
beginning in 2020 - 100 years after implementing the 19th Amendment
to the Constitution, which guaranteed women’s right to vote.
The $10 note currently features Alexander Hamilton, who was the
first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. The most appropriate woman
to replace Hamilton has not yet been decided. The most important
criteria is that the woman represent the country’s democracy. The
last woman who was on the American $1 Silver Certificate from 1891
to 1896 was Martha Washington, wife of the first U.S. President
George Washington and the nation’s first first-lady.
The
government will conduct an online survey asking Americans who they
think deserves to be featured. Americans can also use social networks
to suggest any female who they think is most influential in the
country’s history.
Last year, a girl in Massachusetts wrote a letter to U.S. President
Barack Obama asking why there are no females on the country’s currency.
Obama considered her idea “impressive,” and this may in part have
helped the movement to feature a woman on U.S. currency.
Tony
Jang
Staff Reporter
(tonyjang@timescore.co.kr)