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Harriet Tubman is the new face of the U.S. $20 bill!
April 20, 2016
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Harriet Tubman will be the new face of the US 20 dollar bill! Tubman will replace the current face, which is of former President Andrew Jackson, one of the U.S. founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, will stay as the front of the $10 bill, while Suffragists who fought to give women the right to vote will go on the back of the bill.The women pictured on the back of the $10 will be the first to appear on U.S. paper currency in more than 100 years.
Civil Rights leaders are expected to go on the $5 bill. The announcement was however met with criticism by those who pushed for Jackson to be replaced instead.
Source: Biography.com
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