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This group wants to banish Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill
Andrew Jackson's portrait has held its place on the $20 bill since Jackson replaced Grover Cleveland in 1928. For the organizers of Women on $20s, that's quite long enough. "A woman's place is on the money," the Women on $20s campaign says. The new group has come up with a list of 15 women it would like to see on the $20 bill instead, including Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt and Harriet Tubman.
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I'm ok with the idea, but I don't like the list very much. Also, I don't think they should replace a bust of Jackson with a bust of a woman. Do something cooler.
Do Amelia Earhart in a plane... 2017 would be the 80 year anniversary of her disappearance. 2018 would be the 90 year anniversary of her first trans-Atlantic flight. Do Sally Ride in a spacesuit (or maybe a bust/rocket overlay).. She died in the past few years, so 2017 would be a 5 year anniversary of her death. 2018 would be a 35 year anniversary of her first trip into space. It would also make the LGBT community happy.
Out of the entire list of 15 they chose, Clara Barton is a good choice. I still like the idea of doing something more artistic than just their face.