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Harriot Tubman for the $10 Bill In early 2015, the Treasury Department announced that they would be revamping the $10 bill in 2020 to coincide with the with 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. The redesign will feature the first ever female on the bank note; in addition to that, the treasury department opened the decision up to the public and allowed them to cast their votes on who should appear on the note. According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Treasury is the one who usually decides on the design of the currency; so the current secretary, Jack Lew, has pushed the decision over into 2016. The law only allows deceased people who have a place in American history to appear on the currency. The secretary …show more content…

This would be a great choice because it not only gives representation to women on the currency, but it gives representation to people of color as well. Why not kill two birds with one stone? She has had a bigger impact on American history than half of the other men on our currency. While Harriet Tubman wasn’t very active politically, she helped more than 300 people escape slavery through the underground railroad. In addition to this, she was a spy and led a military expedition for the union army, which $50 bill occupant Ulysses S. Grant was the general of. After her retirement, she joined the women's suffrage movement and worked with them up until her death. Not only is she a hero to people of color, but she broke gender stereotypes by working alongside men, rather than for them. Harriet serves as a great role model for women and stands for freedom, which is a core American value. To be honest, I learned more about her throughout school than I did of Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, and Ulysses S. Grant. Andrew Jackson is actually viewed in more of a negative light because he kicked the native Americans off of their land and was opposed to

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