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BANKNOTES and DISTINGUISHED WOMEN of HISTORY 1980-1997

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T)e last time 3 s/oke )ere -as oer ten years ago0 on '$ ;/ril 19%, T)at talk -as an u/date o. akeynote address gien si! years earlier0 in Toronto0 to 3nterPam 10 t)e .irst and only meeting o. t)e -ould(e8ongress o. t)e 3nternational ank 5ote Society, Since 191 t)e num(er o. .amous -omen /ortrayed on

 (anknotes )as dou(led0 een tre(led0 to oer 1#$ suc) notes0 as detailed in t)e list 3 am no- leaing -it) t)e35S London 8ommittee 6;7, My interest stems not so muc) .rom a study o. (anknotes as .rom a commit<ment to democracy0 in /articular to /arity democracy0 -)ere -omen and men s)are e*ually in t)e res/on<

si(ilities o. goernment and administration0 /arliament and /olitical /arties0 t)e =udiciary0 and t)e media,

or oer t)irty years 3 )ae (een trying to in.luence t)e designs on coins and (anknotes, 3 (egan in19>>0 a.ter )aing organi?ed -)at still remains t)e largest international stam/ issue in /ostal )istory0 t)e 1@'<country reedom .rom Hunger issue in 19>'A>4, 3 reali?ed t)at0 .or suc) longterm c)allenges as t)at o. anade*uate -orld .ood su//ly0 -e needed to circulate suc) messages on more dura(le sym(ols0 ones -)ic)younger /eo/le -ould see eery day .or a decade or a generation0 and sym(ols -)ic) mig)t commitministries o. .inance0 -)o usually decide on t)eir issue0 to (udgetary measures to tackle t)e c)allenge,

T)us in 19>> 3 launc)ed t)e .irst eer international coin issue0 /romoting t)e ood .or ;ll aims o. t)eB5Cs ood and ;griculture :rgani?ation 6;:7, 3n t)e t-ele years .rom :cto(er 19> till 3 resigned .rom;: in Marc) 19$0 nearly 1$$ goernments took /art0 issuing some #$ di..erent denominations0 in a totalo. ten (illion /ieces0 and -it) a .ace alue o. some D#@$ million, 3n 19>9 ;: /resented t)e initial al(um o.t)ose coins to t)e ritis) Museum0 and in 199# 3 donated to t)e Museum my o-n /ersonal collection0 o. 1%coin /anels .or -)ic) 30 like eeryone else0 )ad /aid some BSD 1$$$0 .or s)o-ing to /resent and .uturecollectors,

3 )ad (egun -orking -it) ;: in 19>10 and one insig)t 3 soon gained -as t)at muc) agriculturalmoderni?ation made -omen -orse o..0 .or e!am/le0 in t)e mac)inery and .inancial credit -)ic) -ent

 /rimarily to men0 leaing t)e drudgery and su(sistence to -omen, T)us0 during t)e second )al. o. t)e ;: /rogramme0 3 made an e..ort to (ring out coins .eaturing rural -omenCs adancement0 suc) as education .orgirls0 -omen in modern /ro.essions0 and -omen o/erating .arm mac)inery,

3n 19%1 3 also (egan t)e .irst international medal issue o. modern times0 under -)ic) nearly 4$distinguis)ed liing -omen0 -)o s)ared our ood .or ;ll ideals0 donated t)eir /ortraits as 8eres0 t)e 2omangoddess o. agriculture, ;t least t)ree o. t)ose -omen )ae su(se*uently a//eared on coins0 3ndira and)i0race o. Monaco0 and Fueen Sirikit o. T)ailand0 -)ile t)ree )ae a//eared on stam/s0 :lae aden

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)er o-n rig)t on an 3talian (anknote0 t)e 1$$$ lire issued in 1991, rom 19$ on0 (ut no- -it)out /ay0 3maintained my contacts -it) ministries o. .inance0 central (anks and mints to /ress .or t)e issue o. coins and

 (anknotes /ortraying .amous -omen o. )istory0 and -omen in t)e modern economy,

My main met)od o. -ork is t)at o. researc)ing and circulating illustrations o. /ast coins and notes0along -it) lists o. u/coming @$< and 1$$,ut in 8anada0 -)ose notes s)o- .our Prime Ministers0 3 )ae s)outed into t)e -ind .or many years t)att)ree o. t)e .our men s)o-n (ecame Prime Minister (e.ore -omen een got t)e ote0 .rom 191% on-ard,

:. t)e 1#$ -omenCs notes a(out @$ are in current circulation, 3. -e consider t)at t)ere are some #$$countries and territories issuing notes0 -it) a(out .ie notes /er series0 or a total o. 1$$$ notes in currentcirculation0 t)ose @$ -omenCs notes account .or only @ o. t)e current notes0 a long -ay o.. /arity, T)us o.t)e ten series o. notes issued in t)e Bnited Iingdom and associated islands0 only one in .i.ty0 t)e 1$ /ounds o. t)e 8lydesdale ank0 s)o-s a .amous -oman o. )istory, ortunately -e )ae a *ueen0 t)oug) een )ere -eare lucky0 (ecause i. Eli?a(et) 33 )ad )ad a younger (rot)er0 )er /ortrait -ould not grace so many notes inEngland and else-)ere as is no- t)e case,

3n s)ort t)ere is a long -ay to go (e.ore -omen o(tain /arity on t)e sym(ols o. t)e nation, 3t -illsimilarly (e many years (e.ore ritain attains t)e state o. /arity democracy as0 to cite an actual country rat)ert)an Bto/ia0 S-eden may (e said to )ae done0 .ollo-ing a series o. measures culminating in 4 .emalere/resentation in Stock)olm 8ity 8ouncil in Se/tem(er 1994 and /arity ca(inets o. 11 omen ministers and 11

men .ormed on ' :cto(er 1994 and again on 1@ Marc) 199>, ;nd S-eden o. course0 -)ile only t-o o. its.ie (anknotes .eature .amous -omen0 t)ese are at least t)e t-o most used notes0 t)e #$ kronor /ortraying t)enoelist Selma Lagerlo.0 and t)e @$ kronor /ortraying t)e so/rano Jenny Lind,

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