Who would you put on the $10?

[bluefrog]

"For the first time in more than a century, U.S. paper currency will feature the face of a woman.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Thursday a newly redesigned $10 bill, set to be unveiled in 2020, will feature "a woman who has contributed to and represents the values of American democracy." He did not mention any names."

Who would you put on the bill?

I vote for Grace Hopper.

She may not have had a big impact on democracy but she has made huge contributions to computer science. She invented the first compiler for a computer programming language and helped create COBOL. She also had a lengthy and accomplished career in the navy. When she retired in 1986, at age 79, she was a rear admiral as well as the oldest serving officer in the service.

 

[PDXFonz]

Oprah Winfrey.

I want to spend Oprah dollars, I think that would be amazing.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

My sperms

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Nah. Motherfucking Sacajewea, son.

 

[PDXFonz]

Russia can have their Rubles, and we can have our RuPauls.

 

[jlprk]

Grace Kelly

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=grace+kelly&qs=n&form=QBILPG&pq=grace+kelly&sc=8-11&sp=-1&sk=

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Hanna Montana

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

HARRIET TUBMAN OR ROSA PARKS. AREN'T THEY THE SAME PERSON, SON?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

That chick that invented polio or whatever.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Paris Hilton

 

[3RA1N1AC]

CAITLYN JENNER

 

[jlprk]

That chick that invented polio or whatever.

Madame Curie. I wish she wouldn't have done that.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

No, that Lauren chick that invented the shirts with the polio player and the horse on them. Those shirts are dope.

 

[jlprk]

Oh yeah, I play polio all the time. Where you chase the fox with horses and hounds.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[barfo]

Grace Jones.

barfo

 

[bluefrog]

These are all great responses. Waaaay better than my idea.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Bill Gates would probably be a better choice.....wait, we're going to choose someone because of her gender, not actual accomplishments.

Got it.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

We should put an oriental woman on it. Very underrepresented

 

[barfo]

Bill Gates would probably be a better choice.....wait, we're going to choose someone because of her gender, not actual accomplishments.

Got it.

You haven't ever chosen someone because of her gender before?

barfo

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I choose myself

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

It'll probably be Rosa Parks.

She'll get the nod over Elanor Roosevelt because she's black.

She'll get the nod over Harriet Tubman because Tubman would look like a bag lady on the $10 bill.

 

[PDXFonz]

We should put an oriental woman on it. Very underrepresented

Tila Tequila?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Tila Tequila?

Connie Chung

 

[jlprk]

Tila Tequila?

What's love got to do with it, got to do with it?

 

[Denny Crane]

Bruce Jenner.

 

[Further]

Rosa parks, Susan B. Anthony or some other civil rights or suffrage movement leader is most likely, and would be a highly respected choice.

However, I'd love to see women in science get the accolades needed to elevate their standing and encourage more women (and men) to enter this field. Here are some top candidates.

Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider (counted as one): biological researchers who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack Szostak for the discovery of the telemoraze enzyme.

Gertrude Belle Elion, a biochemist and pharmacologist, she won the Nobel Prize for her development of effective drug treatments for cancer.

Barbara McClintock, the winner of the Nobel Prize for her work in unlocking genetic transposition.

Janet Rowley, a geneticist and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, she was the first scientist to identify chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers.

Rosalyn Yalow, a medical physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for her development of the RIA technique for measuring concentrations of antigens.




Also I would like to see Nelly Bly, who was a pioneer in investigative journalism, something we really need to get back to.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

You all missed the obvious choice.