The news is there will be a woman on the new $10 bill. So
Alexander Hamilton will be thrown off the current version. When you look at it,
his portrait actually came out nice.
The first woman to appear on our currency was Martha
Washington. She was on a $1 bill.
Lady Liberty has appeared on more than one piece of
coinage. Here is the Mercury dime—a misnomer, since Lady Liberty was mistaken
for the Roman god Mercury, and so the dime is known by a popular but mistaken
name.
I actually don’t think it would have to be a woman on the
$10 bill. Before you throw brickbats at me, it would have been a worthy goal to
have a different shade of man on there—perhaps Frederick Douglass, or put Chief
Joseph on the $20 bill. Don’t know who they are? Read a book.
So, who should be on the new $10 bill? Since ships are
referred to as “she,” perhaps the Mayflower.
by William Halsall
public domain
Or there’s Captain Kirk’s favorite woman.
photo by Julo
