The replacement of Andrew Jackson on the front of the new $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman isn't the only change to new versions of U.S. currency announced Wednesday — five leaders of the women's suffrage movement will also be featured on the back of the $10 bill.
Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul will be on the back of the bill, the Treasury Department announced. Alexander Hamilton's image will still appear on the front of the $10 bill.
"I'm very excited by it and I think it's much bigger than just honoring one woman," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told NBC News. "This is about saying that our money is going to tell a much bigger part of our story."
I think the principle involved in this is equality. Having women on our currency is helping us get closer to a world where men and women are equally represented. The world is made up of 50% women and 50% men so we should be equally represented in all the things we do.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anthony-mott-truth-stanton-paul-meet-women-new-10-bill-n559476
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