The Women on 20s petition, which 600,000 people voted on, was presented to President Obama on Tuesday.
For the past few months a campaign by a non-profit organization to put a woman on the $20 bill has been gathering steam.
Women On 20s / Via womenon20s.org
In addition, three bills in support of having women on the 20 have already been introduced into the house and senate.
Voters had 15 historically important women to choose from, compiled with advice from historians and activists.
From the four finalists, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee nation, voters chose Tubman over second-place Roosevelt by around 7,000 votes.
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