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Essay On Women On 20's Group Pushes To Replace Andrew Jackson

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President Andrew Jackson might get replaced by a group of women on the $20 bill. According the article, “Women on 20’s Group Pushes to Replace Andrew Jackson on $20 Bill, there is a group of people who believe that Jackson should be replaced. One of the reasons has to do with the fact that “Jackson helped pass a set of laws that forced Native American tribes off their lands.” There was a list of 100 replacements for President Jackson. “More the 256,000 votes were cast to select the candidates” says Susan Ades Stone, the woman in charge of this project. The list was further cut down to 60 names and a survey was used to cut the list to 30. Even after all that they still needed to slice the list down more. Stone said, “Women’s history experts helped pick 15 from that list. The public was then able to choose its three favorites from the list of 15 candidates.” …show more content…

People demanded that Wilma Mankiller should be on the list of 15 candidates. ”There was strong public sentiment that people should have the choice of a Native American to replace Andrew Jackson.” Ever heard the Trail of Tears? This is the name given to the forced removal of Native Americans from their lands. Wilma Mankiller, along with thousands of other Native Americans were affected by Jackson’s move. ”Susan Ades Stone is in charge of women on 20’s. She said in an interview that they, “were not surprised by the women whose names received the most votes. They are probably the most recognizable names, and the ones that have been taught, to some degree,in schools,” Stone said. These women are heroes in American History and, according to Stone, “people want somebody who has touched everyone’s

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