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MS SC561

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Failed

4/20/2016

Primary Sponsor

Deborah Dawkins

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the United States Department of the Treasury to place a woman's face on American paper currency to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Women's Suffrage Constitutional Amendment in 2020

  • Notes that Martha Washington is the only woman (besides Lady Liberty) to appear on American paper currency, on an 1886 silver certificate

  • References the "Women on 20's" campaign, which invites public voting to replace Andrew Jackson's image on the $20 bill with a notable woman in American history

  • Suggests potential nominees including Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, selected based on achievement and obstacles overcome

  • Directs the Mississippi Secretary of State to transmit the resolution to the President, Treasury Secretary, Mississippi's congressional delegation, the Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women, and the Capitol Press Corps

Legislative Description

Urge the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury to place a woman's face on our paper currency in honor of 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/20/2016

Committee Referrals

Rules2/5/2016

Full Bill Text

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