GARGLEBLASTER wrote:
Name a famous social reformer who was a female Native American. The first female Native American I can think of is Pocahontas.
There was Mildred Loving who was a civil rights activist in the 60s. Also Sacagawea who was a Shoshone interpreter best known for being the only woman on the Lewis and Clark expedition into the American West.
Also Edmonia Lewis the first professional African-American and Native-American sculptor, Edmonia Lewis earned critical praise for work that explored religious and classical themes.
Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first Native American woman to become a physician in the United States. A member of the Omaha Reservation, she worked tirelessly for her people.
But truthfully, how many of you have heard of them?
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Yes. A Native American was being considered when I first read about this last Spring. Pocahontas most likely will not be considered. The $20 bill was at first considered for removal. Andrew Jackson is remembered as not being a nice person, so it was fitting to remove him. Those who protested said Jackson was a President on a $20 bill. Alexander Hamilton on a $10 bill was not a President. The reason it is the $10 bill.