10 Arizona women we'd like to see on the $10 bill
See you later, Alexander Hamilton.
The $10 bill is ditching the founding father in a 2020 redesign. The new bills will feature a woman's face.
So, who should it be?
Treasury secretary Jack Lew wants nominations that fit the theme of democracy, and already, pioneering women like Eleanor Roosevelt and Harriet Tubman appear to be leading the race.
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That's cool. But there are plenty of strong, tenacious ladies in Arizona who could easily qualify for the honor. Women who fought for equality. And civility. Who showed us the importance of free speech and who were willing to lay down their lives for others.
Here are just 10 of them:
SHARLOT HALL: The Prescott pioneer was a respected poet, historian and activist years before women gained the right to vote. Headstrong and sharp as a tack, she successfully fought a measure that would have brought Arizona and New Mexico into the union as one state.
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR: The first female U.S. Supreme Court justice had a long career in Arizona politics. While serving in the state Legislature, O'Connor invited her colleagues over for beer and Mexican food to iron out policy differences. She is now a leading advocate for civics education.
MARGARET HANCE: If you love Phoenix's mountain preserves, you owe a big 'thank you' to Hance, who believed park and civic spaces were key to the city's economic prosperity. The political establishment refused to back her when she ran for mayor in the mid-1970s, thinking voters would never elect a woman. They were wrong.
VERNELL COLEMAN: Despite battling crippling arthritis, "Mother" Coleman worked tirelessly to improve police relations with the Black community and formed a successful rent strike in 1970 to highlight substandard living conditions in city-owned housing projects.
ANNIE DODGE WAUNEKA: She brought modern health care to the Navajo Nation, an effort that likely saved tens of thousands of lives when tuberculosis swept through Indian communities. Wauneka helped the Navajo accept life-saving treatments, and Lyndon Johnson awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.
LORI PIESTEWA: The first woman to die in combat during the Iraq War, Piestewa was at the wheel during an ambush outside Nasiriyah. Phoenix's Squaw Peak was renamed in her honor, removing an offensive term and honoring a woman who gave her life for her country and her comrades.
ROSE MOFFORD: Arizona's first woman governor brought calm after the tumultuous impeachment of Gov. Evan Mecham. She also helped save the Cactus League, which at the time was threatening to leave the Valley. Today, it's an economic powerhouse for the state.
DULCE MATUZ: Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2012, Matuz put herself through college and earned an engineering degree. She is president of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, which advocates a path to citizenship for "dreamers" like her who were brought to this country illegally by their parents.
ISABELLA GREENWAY: She was inspired to get into politics by her lifelong friend, Eleanor Roosevelt. Yet as Arizona's first congresswoman, Greenway wasn't afraid to balk the president, Eleanor's husband, on issues. She opposed some parts of the Social Security Act, for example, because she thought they'd be impossible to implement.
LINDA RONSTADT: At one time, the Tucson native was the highest-paid woman in rock. But she's also not afraid to say what's on her mind, taking criticism for her stances on the Iraq War, immigration and same-sex marriage, among others. Regardless of how you view her politics, you have to admire her willingness to stand up for what she believes.