Former Slave to Replace Slave Owner

[Nyboy]

Harriet Tubman will be replacing Andrew Jackson on $20 bill!

 

[Smart Red]

Harriet Tubman was my choice of the 100 'famous American women" who were suggested for the honor. She was one amazing woman and certainly deserves to be recognized as a great American Lady. I feared she wouldn't 'win' because her pictures are not very presentable. I am really happy to have her grace our money with her image.

That she is replacing a former slave owner means nothing to me. Several of the early presidents were men of worth and men of the South. As such, they had slaves. That was the culture of their times. To hold these great men to today's standards is ridiculous, IMHO.

Jackson deserves to lose his place of honor on the $20 bill more because he was against a Federal Banking system -- the system that gave his photo a bill in the first place. In my opinion, he made several bad choices as president that make losing his image on the twenty dollar bill all right with me.

 

[baymule]

Well said Red.

 

[bobm]

Currently my wife is in Seattle, Wa. getting ready to fly to Anchorage this afternoon. A newly sworn in US Citizen female friend of hers from Germany drove my wife to the airport, while driving she told my wife that she said another new US Citizen from Nigeria told her that the picture selected was the worst possible photo of a black person and that she will not use the 20$ bill . Only in America.

 

[Nyboy]

 

[Nyboy]

I think Jackson treatment of Native Americans shows he had no respect for any culture but his own. Look up Trail of Tears

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'm one of those strange people that try not to judge people from history by today's standards. Many of the founding fathers were slave owners. Abhorrent as that is today, it was normal then. I don't think that lessens what they achieved. Fashion changes, hairstyle, clothing, to a certain extent even the way you pose for a photo. Can you imagine having to stand that still for that long with the old flash technology?

I really enjoy history. I think there are a lot of educational possibilities, plus some lessons on understanding and compassion, that are being missed.

Off my soap box.

 

[digitS']

I believe it has been "The Year of the Woman" ..

. since 1984.

The glass used in those ceilings sure must have had some tempering. A new term I recently came across was "sticky floors." Maybe tracking things in can be better avoided while we are looking up.

Steve

 

[Smart Red]

There are few photos of Harriet Tubman and all of them show her being stoic and non-smiling. That was typical of the day for photographs. She was not a good-looking woman by any standards and she stood less then 5 ft. tall. It was the size of her courage and character that earned her the name of "Moses" to her people and her place on the twenty dollar bill.

I suspected that she wouldn't get selected because of her unflattering photos in this day of movie star heros, but proudly, the American people chose wisely.

 

[Nyboy]

Thats why the wealthy where painted, the artist made them look better. The better they made a client look the better their fee.