Of Current Note

Statue of General Francis E. Spinner,.showing his famous signature.which appeared on the Civil War.greenbacks. Myers Park, Herkimer NY
“The fact that I was instrumental in introducing women to employment in the offices of the government gives me more real satisfaction than all the other deeds of my life.”

The late General F. E. Spinner, who, as treasurer of the United States for many years, under appointment of Abraham Lincoln, appended to the greenbacks the weirdest signature ever written by man, and who was the first to give women employment in the service of the federal government, is to have a statue erected to his memory. The cost of the tribute is borne entirely by women, who, in this way, seek to show in some degree their gratitude to him, for courageously ignoring custom and precedent and opening to women new ways for their aspirations and occupation. The matter has been in charge of the General Spinner Memorial Association, composed entirely of women. The statue is of bronze and of heroic size. The pedestal is yet to be completed.

Kansas City Journal, Kansas City, MO, February 13, 1899

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