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African-american Abolitionist Becomes First Woman On US Currency by Danpotter(m): 7:25am On Apr 21, 2016 |
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman will appear on
front of the $20 bill, replacing former
President Andrew Jackson and becoming the
first woman featured on United States paper
currency in modern times, a Treasury official
said in deciding to leave Alexander Hamilton
on the $10 note.
The decision is the latest chapter in a 10-
month-old controversy that erupted after
Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew tried to
address gender imbalance on US currency
notes.
He opened up the selection process to the
public just as the current face on the $10 bill
was enjoying a resurgence in popularity, and
outrage ensued.
The move Lew is announcing Wednesday is
intended as a way to thread the needle
between women’s groups who have been
advocating for gender diversity on U.S.
currency and fans of Hamilton, including Lin-
Manuel Miranda, the playwright and star of
the hit Broadway musical about the nation’s
first Treasury secretary. Miranda lobbied Lew
to keep Hamilton on the $10 when he visited
Washington last month.
Tubman (or "Moses", as she was called) was
an African-American abolitionist,
humanitarian, and, during the American Civil
War, a Union spy. Born into slavery, Tubman
escaped and subsequently made some thirteen
missions to rescue approximately seventy
enslaved families and friends, using the
network of antislavery activists and safe
houses known as the Underground Railroad.
She later helped abolitionist John Brown
recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and
in the post-war era was an active participant
in the struggle for women's suffrage
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Re: African-american Abolitionist Becomes First Woman On US Currency by cocoduck: 7:34am On Apr 21, 2016 |
I have a big respect for this woman, very brave and sensible |
Re: African-american Abolitionist Becomes First Woman On US Currency by Mynd44: 7:42am On Apr 21, 2016 |
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