FX.co ★ BoE facing a threat of court action for not putting women on banknotes

According to The Guardian, British feminist organization The Women's Room may file a suit against the Bank of England for possibly failing to adhere to the Equality Act 2010.
The Bank is accused of acting in contravention of the law which prohibits discrimination. The feminists are not pleased with the decision to replace social reformer Elizabeth Fry with former prime minister Winston Churchill on the £5 banknote. The alteration is planned with the introduction of new notes in 2016.
The Women's Room has posted an online petition on their official web page claiming to overrule the decision.
The explanatory note states that Elizabeth Fry is the only woman whose image was placed on the British banknotes for her achievements. The portrait of the Queen Elizabeth II is also on the notes, but it was due to her title.
According to The Women's Room, the Bank of England decision shows that the UK government underestimates the women's role in the country's history. Responding to the claims, the Bank said that the final decision on this burning issue is left for the Bank of England’s governor Sir Mervyn King, adding those who are willing may participate in the discussion and suggest other candidates.
The Women's Room proposes changing Elizabeth Fry's image to the one of Mary Wollstonecraft, a writer, the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, Mary Seacole, a sister of mercy, a heroine of the Crimean War, and Rosalind Franklin, a biophysicist.
Queen Elizabeth II is on the face of all the British banknotes, circulating in the country. On the tiles of the five pound note the image of Elizabeth Fry can be seen, on the £10 note, English naturalist Charles Darwin is portrayed, and the £20 note shows economist Adam Smith.
The old £50 banknotes with the first Bank of England’s governor John Houblon and notes issued in 2011 feature the portraits of steam engine inventor James Whatt and his business partner, manufacturer Matthew Boulton.