If You Want to Meet the People Who Are Mad That a Woman Will Be on the New $10 Bill, We Found Them

For the first time in over a century a female will be featured on U.S. currency, and people are pissed that Alexander Hamilton is being disrespected

By Jenna Mullins Jun 18, 2015 5:48 PMTags
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This announcement is straight cash money, you guys. And we're not just saying that because we think it makes us sound hip and with it. We mean that literally.

On Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that for the first time since Martha Washington's $1 Silver Certificate in 1891, a woman will be featured on a U.S. bill.

"I'm proud to announce today that the new 10 dollar bill will be the first bill in more than a century to feature the portrait of a woman," Lew said in his announcement posted to YouTube. "This historic endeavor has been years in the making." 

And not only will we get a lady on the 10 dollar bill, but the U.S. Treasury is allowing Americans to provide input with a website launching soon and with #TheNew10 tag on social media. To be clear, we don't get to pick who goes on the bill; we just get to offer suggestions.

But if you're wondering if there are people out there who got their panties all in a wad over the idea of a female portrait on U.S. currency, wonder no more. We found them.

Well, Hamilton isn't being replaced completely. Lew says that he will also be a part of the new design, either by sharing the space with whoever they choose or by being featured on another version of the bill. So unclench, you guys. You'll still have Mr. Hamilton if you don't like your $10 bills with a side of ovaries.

Fortunately, for every person who thinks it's a damn shame that a female will get her face on a bill for the first time in over 100 years, there is someone who is really excited about it. So excited, in fact, that #TheNew10 campaign is well underway on Twitter:

Our personal pick for the new face of the 10 dollar bill? Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, aka QUEEN RBG:

Unfortunately, the person they pick legally has to be dead, so RBG is out, considering she's alive and also we're pretty sure she's an immortal unicorn sent from the heavens to bring swift justice to this world.

Who would you pick to be the new face of the 10 dollar bill?