 Women of Note, Women on English Banknotes |
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 Jun 24 2013, 07:12 PM
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The Beeb has a story about a hoo-haa over the soon-to-be exclusively male individuals celebrated on the reverse of English banknotes.
When Churchill replaces Elizabeth Fry on the fiver it'll be an all-male line-up of, respectively, Winston Churchill, Charles Darwin, Adam Smith, and the Matthew Boulton and James Watt double-team on the fiver, tenner, twenty and fifty pound notes. Which famous English women would you vote to adorn a bank note? I nominate Rosalind Franklin who jointly with Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the double-helix nature of DNA, one of the most significant scientific discoveries yet made, though is not generally credited as she deserves. -------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Jun 24 2013, 07:29 PM
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Princess Diana? Too soon maybe? But I'm sure she would be a popular choice.
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Jun 24 2013, 08:41 PM
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Dorothy Hodgkin
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Jun 24 2013, 09:33 PM
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Surely Lady Godiva would be most appropriate.
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Jun 24 2013, 09:57 PM
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Elizabeth Fry, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen.
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Jun 24 2013, 11:13 PM
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Jane Austen's a good idea.
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Jun 25 2013, 06:01 AM
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Barbara Castle, Lucy Baldwin, Mary Jones, Grace Darling, Ada Lovelace, Maxine 'Blossom' Miles, Gladys Aylward, Caroline Haslett.
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Jun 25 2013, 06:48 AM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Jun 24 2013, 08:29 PM)  Princess Diana? Too soon maybe? But I'm sure she would be a popular choice. I think that you'll find that she only exists in the minds of tabloid journalists. She was Diana, Princess of Wales; not Princess Diana. To have been Princess Diana, she would have needed to be of royal birth |
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Jun 25 2013, 11:44 AM
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Margaret Thatcher would be a good choice, and deservedly so.
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Jun 25 2013, 12:06 PM
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QUOTE (x2lls @ Jun 25 2013, 12:44 PM) Margaret Thatcher would be a good choice, and deservedly so. She is a remarkable historical figure, but I would imagine one with her face on would be one of the most unpopular of bank notes. |
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Jun 30 2013, 06:28 PM
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If she were on the £50 note, I would be happy to accept any not wanted by the populace thank you.
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