I found a Susan B. in my change this morning. Did someone give it to me in lieu of a paper dollar or did they mistake it for a quarter? She was short lived. The date is 1979. The new Sacagawea dollar now competes with a series of presidential dollars. It strikes me that our misogynist society cannot stomach women on their currency, they must retaliate with the 43 big men. Lovely Lady Liberty is on the reverse of the presidential coins, of course. I adore her, but she’s awful quiet. Statuesque is our feminine ideal.
Maybe we need to have a woman president first! (No, I’m not a huge Hillary supporter, I’m actually still undecided). Because other than the handsome Mr. Hamilton, Susan B. and Sacajawea, it’s all presidents on our currency, to the best of my knowledge!
It’s all about the Benjamins.
Ah yes, that founding father is on the $100, isn’t he. Funny, I rarely see one of them…