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Well, the government has
done it. After months of demanding this change be made and waiting for said
change, we’re finally getting it. At long last, we are receiving a woman on a
dollar bill.
Yes, we already have Susan
B. Anthony coins, but now we actually have a woman on a dollar. We use more
dollars than we do change, so this is pretty epic.
The lovely lady to replace
Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill is none other than Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman
led slaves through the Underground Railroad to freedom and a better life.
Tubman will be depicted on the front of the bill, with Jackson appearing on the
back in front of the White House.
However, this is not the
only change coming to money. The $5 bill will still portray Lincoln on the
front, but Marion Anderson and Martin Luther King Jr. will be shown on the
back. These figures were chosen in particular to remind the nation of important
events that happened at the Lincoln Memorial. Marion Anderson performed
in 1939 and Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech
there.
Hamilton will remain on the
front of the $10 bill, but on the back Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Lucretia
Mott, and other famous figures from the Women’s Suffrage Movement will be
depicted.
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So tell me, what do you
think of these monetary changes?
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