Harriet Tubman follows with 17 percent, Sacagawea with 3 percent, Amelia Earhart at 11 percent and Susan B. Anthony at 11 percent.
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Who will join Alexander Hamilton on the bill has been the subject of much debate since treasury secretary Jack Lew announced in June it will be the first in more than a century to feature a woman. Sandra Day O’Connor, a former Supreme Court justice, garnered just 4% of support.
Another Eleanor supporter, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, cites the late Mrs. Roosevelt’s involvement in the civil rights and labor movements, as well as her commitment to working with the United Nations following her husband’s death, as reasons why she “would be the ideal citizen to honor”.
When votes were sorted according to race, Tubman led among African Americans with 47 per cent, results showed.
“The response has been tremendous”, Lew says in a recent video update, noting that there have been more than 1.5 million interactions via public forums, roundtables, open houses and on social media regarding the decision.
Twenty-seven percent of Americans prefer to have the face of Roosevelt (1884-1962) on the newly-designed bill, and that percentage rises to 33 percent among women alone, according to the survey conducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion of New York and the McClatchy Company.
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A well-known Hudson Valley resident’s face could be featured on the newly redesigned ten dollar bill. The final redesign, however, will not be compete for several more years. The idea of putting a female historical figure on U.S. currency gained major traction from Women on 20s, an online campaign that asked people to vote for which woman should replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
