
Australian $5 note featured a portrait of the 19th century English humanitarian, Caroline Chisholm (1808-1877).
Universal female suffrage was achieved in Australia in 1902, but not in the United States until 1920. This is a rare historical instance of Australia leading where the United States follows, rather than the other way around.
http://www.australianbanknotes.net/five_dollar_banknotes/index.htm
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/treasury-put-woman-10-bill-n377311?cid=sm_fb
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