Women On 20s -- vote!

[Panich52]

Women On 20s aims to compel historic change by convincing President Obama that NOW is the time to put a woman's face on our paper currency. But who should it be? We believe that's for you, the public, to decide from a slate of 15 inspiring American women heroes. Welcome to the voting booth. Here you may learn things about the candidates you never knew and get your questions answered about the whys and hows of our game plan. We believe this simple, symbolic and long-overdue change could be an important stepping stone for other initiatives promoting gender equality. Our money does say something about us, about what we value. So together, let’s make our money egalitarian and inclusive!

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http://www.womenon20s.org/

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International Womens Day - March 8

[John Poet]

1. Well, #1, they need to print the damn list.

The video goes by too fast, and I can't recognize many of them in that short a time.
I looked up the website thinking they'd be listed, right? But NO.
As such, this looks like a flash in the pan, a chance for someone to have fun with video,
and not a serious effort.

Otherwise, hey yeah, why not, and why not make her African-American as well...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. I voted for, Margaret Sanger, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Rachel Carson.

In that order.

[A Little Weird]

3. Here's the list

You can find more info at the website in the OP.

Alice Paul (fought for women's right to vote)

Barbara Jordan (1st African American elected to Texas Senate after reconstruction and first black woman from deep south elected to US House of Representatives.)

Betty Friedan (feminist, founder of Nat'l Org for Women, fought for equal rights)

Clara Barton (Civil War nurse who first brought medical care to the front lines; founded American Red Cross)

Eleanor Roosevelt (championed civil and women's rights movements while First Lady; as UN delegate drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (founder of the women's rights movement)

Frances Perkins (1st woman cabinet member served as FDR's labor secretary; introduced many of the key provisions of the New Deal)

Harriet Tubman (escaped from slavery yet made 19 trips back to the south to lead some 300 slaves to freedom through Underground Railroad.; served Union army during Civil War; active in women's suffrage after the war)

Margaret Sanger (popularized and fought for legalization of birth control; started Planned Parenthood)

Patsy Mink (1st Asian-American in Congress; 1st woman of color elected to U.S. House; key figure in Title IX passage)

Shirley Chisholm (1st African American woman elected to Congress; advocated for minorities, women and children)

Soujourner Truth (escaped from slavery; fought for abolition and women's rights)

Susan B. Anthony (leader in the abolition and suffrage movement)

Rachel Carson (key figure in kicking off the environmental movement)

Rosa Parks (challenged segregation by refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man)

[A Little Weird]

4. Hmm

I would probably vote for Harriet Tubman. All of these women deserve way more recognition than they have, but Harriet Tubman was a real badass. Her courage really stands out as something that should be celebrated.