What Woman Should Go On The $10 Bill?

The Department of the Treasury has announced that a portrait of a woman will be featured in a new design of the $10 bill. (According to the website FAQs, Alexander Hamilton–an architect of the Constitution, a designer of the U.S. economic system–will still have a place somewhere on the currency.) The department is soliciting suggestions as to what woman to portray. Here are the criteria:

Democracy is the theme for the next redesigned series and the Secretary will select a woman recognized by the public who was a champion for democracy in the United States. The person should be iconic and have made a significant contribution to — or impact on — protecting the freedoms on which our nation was founded. By law, only a portrait of a deceased person may be included on banknotes.

For more details about the change and to offer your suggestion, go here.

So what woman do YOU think should be on the $10 bill?

From Woman to Grace New $10 Bill, First Time in More Than 100 Years for Female Face on American Note – ABC News:

Treasury officials say Alexander Hamilton no longer fits the bill for the $10 note, and plan to replace him with the face of an American woman or women.

The move, part of a planned upgrade for all paper currency, represents the first time in more than a century that a bill will have a woman on it. Hamilton’s face will continue to be on some of the new notes, slated to enter circulation in 2020 — a year that marks the 100th anniversary of women’s gaining the right to vote.

“The new 10 will be the first bill in more than a century that features the portrait of a woman,” Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on a call with reporters Wednesday.

But the woman who will replace Hamilton remains a mystery, at least for now.

That’s because the Treasury Department is asking the public to weigh in on the new design and what woman –- or women –- should get her face on the bill before reaching a decision later this year. They are using the hashtag #TheNew10 to collect suggestions and launching a website: TheNew10.Treasury.Gov.

Though public comment will be taken into account, the buck stops with Secretary Jack Lew for the final decision on which woman will appear on the bill. Not even President Obama has the power to trump Lew in this particular case.