Harriet Tubman to Take Andrew Jackson's Place on the 20 Dollar Bill

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Source: Andrea Mitchell - MSNBC

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will announce Wednesday that abolitionist Harriet Tubman will replace former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

The long-awaited decision keeps Alexander Hamilton, one of the U.S. founding fathers, on the front of the $10 bill — though suffragists who fought to give women the right to vote will go on the back of the bill, the Treasury Department confirmed.

Civil Rights leaders are expected to go on the $5 bill.

Last year, the U.S. Treasury surprised advocates who were pressing to get a woman on the $20 bill, by announcing a woman would go on the redesigned $10 bill, instead. That plan met with criticism by those who pushed for Jackson to be replaced instead.






Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/harriet-tubman-replace-former-president-andrew-jackson-the-20-bill

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Wonderful news. No historical woman deserves it more. What a towering figure. A giant among women.