An write-up published lately on the BBC web site examined the level of representation offered to girls on banknotes in numerous nations – and located that Australian has the best track record, featuring a woman on every single single a single of our 5 bank notes.
Sadly, most other nations are pretty woeful when it comes to representation on banknotes American, Chinese, and Indian banknotes are dominated by males, featuring no girls at all. Canada had a woman (Therese Casgrain) on one particular 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 attempting to get the face of a historical American ladies on the American twenty dollar bill. They’re in the procedure of conducting an on the web poll to select the woman (candidates contain Rosa Parks, Susan B Anthony, and Harriet Tubman), and after an individual is selected, they plan to petition President Obama to replace Andrew Jackson with the chosen lady on the twenty dollar bill.
Jackson has been chosen for replacement due to his reported mistreatment of Native Americans, and his fierce opposition to the American central bank and paper cash, which produced him an ironic decision for the face of a banknote.
In Canada there’s a similar push to get a woman on a banknote, which is in component 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 ladies on them
The 5 dollar note – Queen Elizabeth II
The present Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of Australia, Elizabeth II has been a fairly popular ruler for her a lot more than 60 years of reigning. However, even though she has achieved 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 common and extensively identified poets. She is one particular of the quite couple of writers to have been accorded a state funeral.
The twenty dollar note – Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who began in Australia as a convict but eventually became a effective 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 initial lady elected to Australian parliament. She was involved in the successful campaign to achieve the vote for girls, 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 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 identified 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 made news internationally.
Aussie banknotes are the least sexist
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