Should a woman replace Andrew Jackson on the U.S. $20 bill?
There's a growing movement in the U.S. to remove the 7th American President, Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill and replace him with a U.S. woman. Is this the right thing to do? And who would you choose to replace Andrew???
Short 2 minute video. http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/...0-bill-n326761 List of the 16 potential women for the $20 bill Elizabeth Cady Stanton Rosa Parks Clara Barton Alice Paul Eleanor Roosevelt Shirley Chisholm Frances Perkins Margaret Sanger Susan B. Anthony Sojourner Truth Betty Friedan Harriet Tubman Patsy Mink Barbara Jordan Rachel Carson Have you guys heard of any them before? Credit to DonnieDarko whom first posted about this on the Shoutbox. |
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Never heard of this. What's wrong with Andrew Jackson? What has he done to deserve being removed from the $20 bill?
Also, wouldn't it be kinda hard to try to get rid of all the Jackson 20's if they want to replace them? I've heard of Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Harriet Tubman. I probably heard of a few more but just forgot who they were. |
Originally Posted by False Writer (Post 1273644)
Never heard of this. What's wrong with Andrew Jackson? What has he done to deserve being removed from the $20 bill?
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Re: Should a woman replace Andrew Jackson on the U.S. $20 bill?
Keep Andy on there. One of our strongest presidents, who truly has left a great mark on US politics. I really don't believe in replacing him at all, but the idea of doing it just because of gender is even more absurd. We already have Sacajewea-i probably slaughtered that- dollar coin.
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Originally Posted by Frightened Inmate No. 2 (Post 1273645)
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Originally Posted by donniedarko (Post 1273646)
Keep Andy on there. One of our strongest presidents, who truly has left a great mark on US politics. I really don't believe in replacing him at all, but the idea of doing it just because of gender is even more absurd. We already have Sacajewea-i probably slaughtered that- dollar coin.
We also had a Susan B. Anthony dollar coin for a few years (1979 - 1981). Most people didn't like it because it was too close to the size and weight of the quarter, so many people got them confused. |
Originally Posted by False Writer (Post 1273644)
Also, wouldn't it be kinda hard to try to get rid of all the Jackson 20's if they want to replace them?
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Re: Should a woman replace Andrew Jackson on the U.S. $20 bill?
My opinion on this subject: Who cares?
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Originally Posted by donniedarko (Post 1273648)
Grant was one of our most corrupt presidents and he's on the 50, I think it's more important to look at how influential the person was, rather than their morales. Which while in our day disgusting, in his time perfectly acceptable
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Originally Posted by donniedarko (Post 1273648)
Grant was one of our most corrupt presidents and he's on the 50, I think it's more important to look at how influential the person was, rather than their morales. Which while in our day disgusting, in his time perfectly acceptable
so? just because what he did was acceptable then (and i can think of thousands of native americans who would beg to differ), it doesn't mean that we need to be embracing that in the modern day, where that is absolutely not acceptable. and how does the fact that it's for gender equality make it worse? men are on every bill and every important coin, would it really be that big of a deal to let women have some representation on our money? this is just like the ghostbusters backlash but even more insane. i'm all for replacing grant too, btw. |
although i wouldn't mind a petition to get this picture on the 20
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ew_Jackson.jpg |
Re: Should a woman replace Andrew Jackson on the U.S. $20 bill?
Nothing wrong with having a man or a woman on money.
Obviously we have the Queen on all our current notes, but Britain has Elizabeth Fry on the current £5. We used to have Florence Nightingale on the £10. In 2017 our £10 will change to Jane Austen. |
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
What's wrong with Andy? |
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I don't care who goes on what dollar bill, so long as William H. Harrison never ends up on anything!
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Originally Posted by Pussy Galore (Post 1273664)
I am not American so it's an opinion from an outsider, but this sentance is ridiculous to me. If I follow your reasoning the amount of influence is the more important thing regarding presidents regardless if it's positive or negative. Morality is more important than ''influence'', also you use cultural relativism. Because in its time it was ''acceptable'' we don't really care, I can agree with you that for someone who doesn't really ask himself some important philosophical questions it's understandable, but fr the leader of the ****ry no way.
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Originally Posted by The Rodent (Post 1273667)
Nothing wrong with having a man or a woman on money.
Obviously we have the Queen on all our current notes, but Britain has Elizabeth Fry on the current £5. We used to have Florence Nightingale on the £10. In 2017 our £10 will change to Jane Austen. |
Re: Should a woman replace Andrew Jackson on the U.S. $20 bill?
We have the Queen on our $20.
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Re: Should a woman replace Andrew Jackson on the U.S. $20 bill?
He's one of your Ulster-sourced politicians (like John McCain, Useless Grant, Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman in order of importance) so keep him on...
...Unless he's replaced by an Ulster-American woman, of course, and there's plenty of those: Dolly Parton, Kim Basinger, Debbie Reynolds, Christina Ricci etc. Take yer pick America! |
Originally Posted by Frightened Inmate No. 2 (Post 1273665)
so? just because what he did was acceptable then (and i can think of thousands of native americans who would beg to differ), it doesn't mean that we need to be embracing that in the modern day, where that is absolutely not acceptable.
and how does the fact that it's for gender equality make it worse? men are on every bill and every important coin, would it really be that big of a deal to let women have some representation on our money? this is just like the ghostbusters backlash but even more insane. i'm all for replacing grant too, btw. I don't think having him on our bill is embracing the trail of tears. But rather how he shaped the nation. My issue is just throwing a random woman on the bill, just so we can have a woman on a bill. The gender of who's on the bill should not matter. Unless we're just looking for a Quota Woman |
Re: Should a woman replace Andrew Jackson on the U.S. $20 bill?
The thing that irks me about this isn't putting a woman on a bill but the idea that they have to replace someone that's been on there forever without any real good reason.
How about they bring the $2 bill back and put a woman on that? I would be fine with that. |
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