An article published recently on the BBC website examined the level of representation given to women on banknotes in various countries – and located that Australian has the greatest track record, featuring a woman on every single single one particular of our 5 bank notes.
Regrettably, most other countries are quite woeful when it comes to representation on banknotes American, Chinese, and Indian banknotes are dominated by males, featuring no women at all. Canada had a lady (Therese Casgrain) on one of their notes, but she was replaced in 2011 by an icebreaker ship.
It is due to this inequality that the group Females On 20s is attempting to get the face of a historical American women on the American twenty dollar bill. They’re in the approach of conducting an on the internet poll to choose the woman (candidates incorporate Rosa Parks, Susan B Anthony, and Harriet Tubman), and after an person is selected, they strategy to petition President Obama to replace Andrew Jackson with the selected lady on the twenty dollar bill.
Jackson has been selected for replacement due to his reported mistreatment of Native Americans, and his fierce opposition to the American central bank and paper money, which created him an ironic selection for the face of a banknote.
In Canada there’s a comparable push to get a lady on a banknote, which is in part a reaction to the aforementioned removal of Theresa Casgrain from one particular of Canada’s banknote. The petition has 54,000 signatures, and campaigners are hopeful that their efforts will not go unnoticed.
Australian banknotes and the girls on them
The 5 dollar note – Queen Elizabeth II
The existing Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of Australia, Elizabeth II has been a relatively well-liked ruler for her much more than 60 years of reigning. Nevertheless, whilst she has accomplished considerably in her life, and is an very admirable figure, it is worth noting that her presence on an Australian note is due to her status as queen regnant rather than as recognition of merit. She’s a de-facto presence, so to say.
The 10 dollar note – Dame Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore was a notable socialist poet and journalist. She was known for her (at the time) radical views, and was regarded as 1 of Australia’s most well-liked and widely identified poets. She is 1 of the extremely handful of writers to have been accorded a state funeral.
The twenty dollar note – Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who started in Australia as a convict but eventually became a profitable businesswoman in Sydney. She was also respected for her charitable works, and has had novels written primarily based on her life.
The fifty dollar note – Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan was the first lady elected to Australian parliament. She was involved in the effective campaign to achieve the vote for females, and founded the Children’s Protection Society, which helped to introduce children’s courts into Australia. She was elected to Parliament, ironically defeating the Lawyer General who had passed the legislation allowing her to stand for parliament in the 1st place.
The hundred dollar note – Dame Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba was an Australian operatic soprano, and was the first Australian to obtain international recognition as a classical musician. She discovered achievement in numerous nations, such as Paris, Belgium, England, and American. Later in her life she taught singing in Melbourne, and when she died, her death produced news internationally.
Aussie banknotes are the least sexist
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