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KamaAina

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56. Rankin also voted against U.S. entry into both world wars

Reply to hollysmom (Reply #9)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 03:16 PM

Sep 2015

she cast the only vote against entry into WWII.

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Which woman's face should be on a $10 bill [View all] Cyrano Sep 2015 OP

Granny D! Reter Sep 2015 #1

too many of those are divisive hfojvt Sep 2015 #2

I think Sandra Day O'Connor hughee99 Sep 2015 #6

She was one of five that appointed George W. Cyrano Sep 2015 #13

As I said, the case could be made for her, and it would be a divisive pick. n/t hughee99 Sep 2015 #15

Since she isn't dead, its also an illegal pick. Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #33

Not to sound morbid, but by the time they get the ball rolling on this, it wouldn't be an issue. hughee99 Sep 2015 #38

While on the face of it, O'Connor, as the first woman to sit on the SCOTUS certainly deserves.... Raster Sep 2015 #53

Much less divisive than the males already appearing on bank notes. LanternWaste Sep 2015 #35

God forbid we have context, right? I've noticed it always flies out the window in bettyellen Sep 2015 #61

Most of those guys aren't divisive (to most people) davidn3600 Sep 2015 #66

Divisive? How? Matariki Sep 2015 #63

Ayn Rand Orrex Sep 2015 #3

Rosa Parks would make a powerful statement (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #4

Vanna White (nt) bigwillq Sep 2015 #5

lol Hiraeth Sep 2015 #36

But would Kim, you know, fit? Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #43

Ms. Liberty! librechik Sep 2015 #7

Betsy Ross [nt] Ichigo Kurosaki Sep 2015 #8

I have a couple of requirements hollysmom Sep 2015 #9

good list treestar Sep 2015 #32

Rankin also voted against U.S. entry into both world wars KamaAina Sep 2015 #56

Indeed, I read that, but do you think answer are definitive for that time, hollysmom Sep 2015 #62

Molly Pitcher no_hypocrisy Sep 2015 #10

Veruca Salt edbermac Sep 2015 #11

Or this Veruca Salt: Maedhros Sep 2015 #42

First, I think a new bill, which presumably will exist in perpetuity, should feature a modern woman. ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2015 #12

It's a partial list. That's why "other" is there Cyrano Sep 2015 #18

Oh, sorry Cyrano, I wasn't referring to your poll. I was just lamenting that the list being put ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2015 #22

I'm all for changing the $10, $20, and $50 -- Cyrano Sep 2015 #27

Any of those...but it should be the twenty. Iggo Sep 2015 #14

Agreed about the $20... nt Blasphemer Sep 2015 #28

110% agree Scootaloo Sep 2015 #31

ha!!! you have wendylaroux Sep 2015 #55

Helen Keller. nt B2G Sep 2015 #16

One of my choices as well n/t arcane1 Sep 2015 #26

Harriet Tubman, a woman who gave SO much in fighting the scourge closeupready Sep 2015 #17

NO Woman on $10 Bill - It Should Be The $20 Bill, the international banking & travel denomination! TheBlackAdder Sep 2015 #19

excellent point! niyad Sep 2015 #24

It should be a $7.70 bill... Whiskeytide Sep 2015 #51

What about RBG? Erose999 Sep 2015 #20

A very deserving nominee. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2015 #29

IDA WELLS! saturnsring Sep 2015 #21

alice b paul niyad Sep 2015 #23

Other: Harriet Stowe on the $10, Elizabeth Stanton on the $20 Glassunion Sep 2015 #25

Susan B Anthony treestar Sep 2015 #30

Why have any face? sarisataka Sep 2015 #34

Amelia Earhart... Wounded Bear Sep 2015 #37

I agree with those suggesting replacing Jackson on the 20 mythology Sep 2015 #39

I've seen (fake) $3 bills with Nixon's face Cyrano Sep 2015 #41

They were a gag item back in the 1970s. hifiguy Sep 2015 #47

I chose... yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #40

Yeessss. She can replace McKinley on the $500 bill Cyrano Sep 2015 #45

Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy <n/t> Shandris Sep 2015 #44

Voted for Eleanor hifiguy Sep 2015 #46

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Alice Stokes Paul. nt cry baby Sep 2015 #49

Yup! Iron Jawed Angel! PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #50

Michelle Obama n2doc Sep 2015 #52

Grace Hopper Lizzie Poppet Sep 2015 #54

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Margaret Thatcher, according to JEB! CanonRay Sep 2015 #58

Betty White Tikki Sep 2015 #59

Janis Joplin. Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #60

I cannot believe that no one has mentioned Sally Ride Trailrider1951 Sep 2015 #64

Mother Jones Nevernose Sep 2015 #65

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Barbara Bush Heeeeers Johnny Sep 2015 #68

frances kelsey - prevented thalidomide from being used in the US bedazzled Sep 2015 #69

Margaret Chase Smith bluedigger Sep 2015 #70

Abigail Adams (n/t) cynannmarie Sep 2015 #71