To think they could find at least ONE inspirational woman to put on our bank notes?

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I have to admit that I felt a bit miffed when I saw that Elizabeth Fry was being phased out and replaced by Winston Churchill from 2016.

There will be NO women left on British currency. Surely they could find a few? Emmeline Pankhurst perhaps?!

It gives the impression that the achievements of British women are not considered worthy of recognition. I have been getting really grumpy about this. I wonder who makes these decisions and whether this has even occurred to them. Am I being unreasonable to feel peeved that us women make up a significant proportion of the population and yet when we pay for things with our hard-earned cash it is a bunch of dead white men on there?

exactly, nicetabard - I meant to add as in I was joking! (got distracted by DS5 climbing out of his cot, again...)

but I wouldn't be surprised if either of them made it on to a bank note one day when William is King!

Anyone mention Mary Wollstonecraft yet?
Although I rather like the idea of Boudicca.

Margaret Thatcher can't go on a bank note but would be great on a pound coin. Just like them, she was rough around the edges and thought she was a sovereign!

It really should be Boudicca for her "indisputable contribution to her particular field of work"

or as Horrible Histories put it - Boudicca! Superstar!

I still think Beatrix Potter would be a good call.

Shirley Bassey would be good.

What about Dorothy Hodgkin, who did in fact win a Nobel prize?

Boudicca because the Roman governor tried to annex her territory when her husband died, a mere woman was unacceptable. Her tribe didn't have a problem with being ruled by a female.

Dr Seuss, £1 coins were referred to by some as Maggies in the 80s because they were hard, brassy and thought they were a sovereign.

Katie Price of course.

Kate Price as lady Godiva, showing off her...riding skills.

Jokes aside.

They should do a series of "great women in Literature". Plenty og inspirational women!

Florence Nightingale

Put Maggie on a tenner and watch all her haters refuse to touch them.

I think it bothers me most we can't suggest a single inspirational female in the last 100 years that gets a majority vote.

That's why Churchill gets the gig.

how about suffragettes?

Boudicca, yes.
Kaitie Price, I would have to leave the country!
To the person who suggested Eleanor of Aquitaine, she wasnt British. She came from er...Aquitaine! And she wasnt that inspirational!

How about Mary Poppins?

Well, here's another link, but be honest with yourselves.
How many could you say you've heard of and know why they are important?

www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/a-century-of-distinction-100-women-who-changed-the-world-1917427.html

Agatha Christie

Amazingmum, will you please read the thread?
Otherwise you'll just continue to repeat suggestions that others have already made.

Isn't that the point? to see who gets the most votes?

last one - the founder of MN

There's no point suggesting Florence Nightingale as she has already been on a banknote.

kitten - I can suggest whoever I want as invited by the OP.

I didn't know FN had been on a bank note, but so what? she could be on it again, couldn't she? who knows?

unless you are the Governor of the Bank of England it will not be your decision, so why are you dismissing my idea?

So, let's talk about you, amazing.
Are you an American citizen?

Apparently FN nickname "the lady with the lamp" was invented by a journalist - and that the soldiers she looked after actually called her "the lady with the hammer" as she would break into supply cupboards to get the things she needed to treat them.

interesting.

are there really some complete fucking idiots people on this thread who think there isn't one deserving woman in all of the history of the UK? That to find one would be quota filling?