15 Nisan 2015 Çarşamba

Aussie banknotes are the least sexist




An post published lately on the BBC website examined the level of representation provided to girls on banknotes in numerous countries – and located that Australian has the ideal track record, featuring a woman on each and every single 1 of our 5 bank notes.



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However, most other nations are fairly 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 woman (Therese Casgrain) on a single of their notes, but she was replaced in 2011 by an icebreaker ship.


It’s due to this inequality that the group Females On 20s is trying to get the face of a historical American girls on the American twenty dollar bill. They’re in the method of conducting an on the web poll to pick the lady (candidates include Rosa Parks, Susan B Anthony, and Harriet Tubman), and once an individual is chosen, they plan to petition President Obama to replace Andrew Jackson with the chosen 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 funds, which made him an ironic option for the face of a banknote.


In Canada there’s a related push to get a lady on a banknote, which is in element a reaction to the aforementioned removal of Theresa Casgrain from 1 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 current Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of Australia, Elizabeth II has been a comparatively well-liked ruler for her much more than 60 years of reigning. However, while she has achieved a lot in her life, and is an extremely 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 identified for her (at the time) radical views, and was regarded as a single of Australia’s most popular and extensively recognized poets. She is one of the extremely few 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 at some point became a successful businesswoman in Sydney. She was also respected for her charitable performs, and has had novels written 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 acquire 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 Attorney Common who had passed the legislation enabling her to stand for parliament in the first spot.


The hundred dollar note – Dame Nellie Melba


Dame Nellie Melba was an Australian operatic soprano, and was the initial Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She located accomplishment in several nations, including Paris, Belgium, England, and American. Later in her life she taught singing in Melbourne, and when she died, her death created news internationally.







Aussie banknotes are the least sexist

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