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If the U.S. puts a woman on some paper money, who should it be? I would vote for Laura Ingalls Wilder.
@hydroacetylene suggested Bessie Coleman, which prompted some "literally who" responses. I never heard of her myself. Looking her up, I'm assuming she's a Texas regional thing, like Juneteenth. Of course, like Juneteenth, the feds could be happy to use a Texas regional thing nationwide if it pleases the correct demographics.
@sarker suggested Louisa May Alcott.
@erwgv3g34 suggested Amelia Earhart.
Ayn Rand would be funny but not a realistic one.
Amelia Earhart is a very good suggestion. I think my criteria would be pre-1950, not a DEI exaggeration of her accomplishments, non-political, not the wife of a more famous man as that’s a bit demeaning. Earhart has a nice feminist aspect, with bravery and technical competence. I would nominate these:
Laura Ingalls Wilder as kind of a stand-in for the bravery and hard work of women on the frontier, as well as their literary contributions.
Lilian Gish representing women in entertainment/Hollywood. Though maybe her involvement in Birth of a Nation disqualifies her. However, importantly Gish was gorgeous, and would make for beautiful money.
Emily Dickinson representing women’s contribution to literature, especially poetry.
Maybe Grandma Moses?
My issue is all of these feel sort of DEI. Why Earhart and not Lindbergh? Why Dickinson and not Whitman? Why Gish and not Chaplin? I guess Wilder would be my top choice followed by Gish, but more as emblematic of women on the frontier than her specifically.
Earhart's achievements were exaggerated by the 1st-wave feminists of the time for DEI reasons, and continue to be. Dalrock brought receipts
Your list makes me consider Hedy Lamarr. Her achievements as an engineer are somewhat exaggerated for DEI reasons (the US navy didn't take her work on frequency hopping forward at the time, and the people who developed CDMA probably weren't aware of it) but her achievements as an actress are not.
What's next, achievements as a prostitute?
Find some mother of ten kids, all or most of which turned out well, who worked herself to the bones all her life long in order to support the family. Make sure she was married to an industrious and law-abiding husband all the while.
Put that on money, and watch the feminists squirm while actual women living real lives get some representation.
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