America’s bills are set on a schedule to constantly get redesigned to implement better anti-counterfeit technology. In June of 2015, the Treasury Department announced that it would redesign the bill to highlight women in response to requests to include gender diversity in America’s money. The Treasury Department recently announced that Harriet Tubman, a slave abolitionist and a civil rights leader, will be the new face of the $20 bill. This change will make Tubman the first African- American woman on the U.S bill. Tubman was an African-American who got away from slavery to become a conductor on the Underground Railroad, to help slaves escape their slavery. Whereas, Jackson was an owner of slaves who was known for persecuting Native Americans through policies that he came up with, during his presidency. Treasury Secretary, Jacob J.Lew, made it official that Tubman would now be on the front of the bill, and Jackson would be on the back shared with an image of the White House.

Alongside with the $20 bill getting changed, the $10 and $5 bills are being looked at over to be redesigned, as well. The new designs are scheduled to be uncovered by 2020 during the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote. The $10 bill is being looked at first. The bill will be altered to include anti-counterfeit technology. The backside of the bill will include prominent leaders of the suffrage movement such as, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul and Lucretia Mott. The back of the $5 bill will be changed to include opera singer, Maria Anderson, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. The bills are not only shining a spotlight on the important people who played a vital role in history but historians also believe the bills with new faces can change the reputation of the role models and change the attitudes of the people directed toward the role models.

First Lady Martha Washington was the last time a woman was on a bill, she appeared on the $1 silver certificate. From 1865 to 1869 Pocahontas was on the $20 bill. Lew talked to President Barack Obama about removing Hamilton from the $10 and replacing him with Susan B.Anthony. However, due to the popularity of the Hamilton Broadway Musical people have expressed their concern to keep Hamilton on the bill. Also, most of the people’s thoughts were that if a woman was going to be on the bill, then they should be on it alone without having to share it with a man.

As the news spread about the new faces of the bills, everyone ranging from politicians to celebrities have expressed their support and excitement on social media.