While much of Simmons’ work explores beauty and hypocrisy in power, politics, and business decision-making, Simmons conceptualized this series during the 2015 debate over transgender rights and the restriction of gender-assigned restrooms. There was another controversy when the Treasury Department announced it was redesigning the $20 bill to feature a woman. The founding fathers, and the striking absence of female faces on US currency, are a fitting base for this revelation with their powdered wigs and frills that are both iconic and in contest with the “masculine” image of American history. Simmons targets and parodies the hypocrisy of this irony, further embellishing their portraits through color, feminization, and sparkle in these works.