Women on 20's revient à la charge: une pétition

J'ai parlé à plusieurs reprises de l'initiative du groupe Women on 20's. On souhaitait retirer la figure du président Jackson sur les billets de 20$ pour la remplacer par celle d'Harriet Tubman. Le scerétaire au trésor Jack Lew annonçait il y a peu son intention de retirer plutôt la figure d'Alexander Hamilton des billets de 10$. Les gens de Women on 20's critiquent ce choix puisque les billets de 20$ circulent plus que ceux de 10$ et le chiffre 20 pourrait être associé au centenaire du droit de vote des femmes en 2020. De plus, le président Jackson est un personnage plus controversé qu'Alexander Hamilton. Je vous laisse le lien pour le site de Women on 20's où on justifie la démarche et présente la pétition.

 "While we appreciate that our movement may have accelerated the timetable for change, we find it symbolic and even ironic that the proposal of a woman for a high-volume, high-visibility note was met, quite literally, with a devaluation to a bill produced in one-quarter the numbers. We targeted the $20 to celebrate the 2020 centennial of women's suffrage, but the new $10 won't even be in circulation before 2022 or later. We also aimed to replace Jackson, our seventh President, known more today for his mistreatment of Native Americans, involvement in the slave trade and hatred of paper currency than for any other aspect of his legacy. The ten's Alexander Hamilton, on the other hand, was a visionary founding father who designed our monetary system and still deserves a place of honor on one of our pocket monuments. But as a tribute to women's accomplishments we can do better than to give 51% of the population a half a bill two years late. Where’s our good American ingenuity and resolve?"

  http://www.thepetitionsite.com/fr-fr/takeaction/391/144/980/