While Cokie Roberts suggests that a woman should replace Alexander Hamilton on the ten dollar bill, Scott L. Montgomery asserts that Hamilton should stay in his place on the front of the ten dollar bill. Hamilton, the name that has been all the buzz, is now threatened to be taken off the ten dollar bill. Many Americans such as Montgomery believe that Hamilton should stay on our currency as the frontman of the ten dollar bill. Firstly, Hamilton should stay on the ten dollar bill because of his gaining popularity through Lin-Manuel Miranda's ¨Hamilton: An American Musical¨. Authors such as Montgomery mention how the Broadway hit shows Alexander Hamilton´s poor origin and how hard he worked to get to his political positions. The show has
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Unlike the other founding fathers, Hamilton saved America's economy with his economic plans and ideas (Montgomery). Hamilton was the first Treasury Secretary of the United States, chosen by George Washington, and without him there would be no money or banks. In conclusion, Alexander Hamilton, the creator of our economic system, should not be replaced on the ten dollar bill. Another journalist, Cokie Roberts, suggests that a woman should replace Hamilton on the front of the ten dollar bill. Roberts believes that Hamilton should not be on the ten dollar bill because he was involved in the first major sex scandal in the United States. The treasurer almost lost his political career after publishing his affair with Maria Reynolds and her husband´s blackmail publicly (Roberts). Although it is true that Hamilton was involved in an affair with Maria Reynolds he was also a believed feminist, journalist Scott L. Montgomery writes, ¨Those who have studied the life and mind of Hamilton with an equitable eye would agree, that if he had lived another 110 years, he would´ve gladly marched with [women]¨ (Montgomery). It seems silly that America today would want to get rid of someone who was believed to be a feminist and a well known abolitionist for
Unlike the other founding fathers, Hamilton saved America's economy with his economic plans and ideas (Montgomery). Hamilton was the first Treasury Secretary of the United States, chosen by George Washington, and without him there would be no money or banks. In conclusion, Alexander Hamilton, the creator of our economic system, should not be replaced on the ten dollar bill. Another journalist, Cokie Roberts, suggests that a woman should replace Hamilton on the front of the ten dollar bill. Roberts believes that Hamilton should not be on the ten dollar bill because he was involved in the first major sex scandal in the United States. The treasurer almost lost his political career after publishing his affair with Maria Reynolds and her husband´s blackmail publicly (Roberts). Although it is true that Hamilton was involved in an affair with Maria Reynolds he was also a believed feminist, journalist Scott L. Montgomery writes, ¨Those who have studied the life and mind of Hamilton with an equitable eye would agree, that if he had lived another 110 years, he would´ve gladly marched with [women]¨ (Montgomery). It seems silly that America today would want to get rid of someone who was believed to be a feminist and a well known abolitionist for