Harriet Tubman To Feature On The $20 Bill Hamilton To Stay On The $10 Bill

The current $10 bill, along with an unofficial mockup, designed by the group Women on 20s, of what the $20 could look like.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will today announce that Harriet Tubman, the slave-turned-Civil War abolitionist, will feature on a new design of the $20 note, a department official told BuzzFeed News.

President Andrew Jackson, a controversial figure due to his harsh treatment of Native Americans, will move to the back of the bill.

Lew will also announce changes to the $10 and $5 bills, BuzzFeed News confirmed.

Calls from activists to include a woman on the nation's currency prompted Lew to announced last June that the $10 bill would be redesigned to remove the nation's first treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton, in order to include a woman.

Perhaps Hamilton needs to thank broadway showman Lin-Manuel Miranda for elevating him to pop culture relevance through his Pultizer Prize-winning musical, but Lew is also expected to announce that Hamilton will remain on the current $10 bill, according to the New York Times.

Politico reported that although Hamilton will remain on the new $10 bill, it will also feature "leaders of the movement to give women the right to vote on the back."

The $5 bill will also be redesigned to include civil rights icons, Politico reported.

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