Koga želijo Američani videti na svojem novem bankovcu?

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Zelo veliko krat sta omenjeni Harriet Tubman in Rosa Parks, obe borki za človekove pravice, prva se je borila za osvoboditev sužnjev, druga za enakopravnost črncev in belcev. Potem pa se pogosto omenjajo tudi Sojourner Truth, prav tako borka proti suženjstvu, ter Ida B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Alice Paul in Elizabeth Cady Stanton, vse so borke za človekove pravice in pa za pravice žensk. Rooseveltova je bila tudi žena predsednika Franklina Delana Roosevelta.

Zanimivo je, da se pojavlja bolj malo predlogov znanstvenic, pisateljic, podjetnic, kot je na primer predlagana Grace Hopper, ena izmed pionirk računalništva. Maria Shriver pa je denimo predlagala kar svojo mamo, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, ustanoviteljico specialnih olimpijskih iger, sicer sestro predsednika John F. Kennedyja.

Nekateri pa se ne strinjajo s tem, da Alexander Hamilton ne bo imel več svojega bankovca, je namreč človek, zaradi katerega imajo vse ameriške države sploh skupno valuto. Druge moti, ker so borke za pravice žensk najprej predlagale, da bi se zamenjal z žensko portret na 20-dolarskem bankovcu, a to ni bilo sprejeto. Zamenjali bodo bankovec z nižjo vrednostjo. Na 20-dolarskem bankovcu je sicer Andrew Jackson, sedmi predsednik. Pravzaprav le še na enem bankovcu ni predsednika, to je 100-dolarski z Benjaminom Franklinom, sicer enem izmed ustanoviteljev neodvisne ameriške države. 

Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Ida B. Wells, Sojourner Truth... just a few women of color who belong on our currency. #TheNewTen

— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) June 18, 2015

The guy who established the modern financial system is being removed from #TheNewTen but Andrew Jackson gets to stay? http://t.co/wjyZyG0RBv

— Derek Dye (@voterdye) June 17, 2015

Maybe the Treasury Dept. can just transition Alexander Hamilton to Alexandra Hamilton on #TheNewTen. http://t.co/lKoCbj3njR

— CamEdwards (@CamEdwards) June 17, 2015

.@USTreasury Eleanor Roosevelt needs to be on the $10 bill. RT if you agree. #TheNew10 pic.twitter.com/NRjTcckNv9

— Adam Smith (@AdamSmith_USA) June 20, 2015

Rosa Parks #thenew10 pic.twitter.com/A5gr7wDXTb

— Feminist Pics (@FeministPics) June 20, 2015

Harriet Tubman is clearly the Internet’s first choice to be on the $10 bill: http://t.co/apy4uO7nbC #TheNew10 pic.twitter.com/NYiW65TkTs

— Adweek (@Adweek) June 19, 2015

Love #TheNew10 idea to put a woman on the $10. My mom, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of @SpecialOlympics is a good choice @USTreasury

— Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) June 18, 2015

So many deserving figures like Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt; I think we outta replace a few bills while we're at it #TheNew10

— Paul Kendrick (@PaulKendrick84) June 18, 2015

Sojourner Truth! Elizabeth Cady Stanton! Dolores Huerta! @GloriaSteinem! So many great possibilities for #TheNew10

— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) June 18, 2015

Hamilton is the reason we have a US dollar! Before him, states issued currency. #TheNew10

— Blair H duQuesnay (@BlairHduQuesnay) June 18, 2015

Alice Paul for the new $10 bill, the suffragist organizer who helped pass the 19th Amendment http://t.co/FpRcASYBXH #TheNew10 #CNN10s

— Kate Oh (@kathoh) June 18, 2015

No contest: Harriet Tubman on #TheNew10 !

— Gene Bloch (@GeneBloch) June 18, 2015

We asked for a woman on the $20 and instead we get a woman sharing the ten. Disappointed. We're half the country. #TheNew10

— Bryn (@BrynWittmayer) June 18, 2015

Grace Hopper #thenew10

— Tyler Bass (@TylerBass) June 18, 2015

My Wife #TheNew10 #CNN10s

— Mike Tarson (@CNNMoneyMike) June 18, 2015