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Message:: [QUOTE="Notaphylic_C, post: 8519091, member: 130786"]Mine too! The engraving was based on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Annigoni%27s_portraits_of_Elizabeth_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Annigoni%27s_portraits_of_Elizabeth_II" rel="nofollow">Petro Annigoni's portrait</a> which is a classic to this day.  I cover this & a list of nations which featured her on my <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/notaphilycculture/collecting-banknotes/special-serial-numbers/world-motifs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sites.google.com/view/notaphilycculture/collecting-banknotes/special-serial-numbers/world-motifs" rel="nofollow">WORLD MOTIF'S</a> page on my Notaphilyc Culture site.[ATTACH=full]1506173[/ATTACH] I asked my high school students why she was important today.  Most didn't have a clue.  My answer (to keep it brief):<ul> <li>She formed the British Commonwealth of nations which formed partnerships and helped each other with housing, schools, medical assistance (strength in numbers), Commonwealth games, etc</li> <li>She recognized the negative impact of colonialism & encouraged nations to become independent (to draft constitutions that were beneficial to human rights), she ratified many.</li> <li>She was crowned in 1952 when most world leaders were men & was seen as an intelligent female head of state. The respect she demanded helped foster attitude changes & paradigm shifts that were critical to the success of the women's movement</li> <li>(I didn't get into the stability of the crown, the fact that she led by example & was always somebody people looked up to & admired).</li> </ul>[/QUOTE]

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