The woman will replace the seventh president of the United States on the bill at $ 20 – RBC

African-American Harriet Tubman, who fought for the rights of slaves in the 19th century. The photo was taken during the period of 1860-1875 years

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US Seventh replace the portrait of President Andrew Jackson on a twenty banknote image African American Harriet Tubman, who fought for the rights of slaves in the 19th century

The American Ministry of Finance on Wednesday announced the replacement of the portrait of the seventh US president Andrew Jackson on the $ 20 bill in the image Harriet Tubman – African American women who fought for the rights of slaves in the 19th century, writes The New York Times.

According to the newspaper, Jackson was a slave owner. Tubman, who was born a slave in the family around 1820, is known as a member of abolitionism -. The movement to abolish slavery

According to the representative of the Ministry, the Finance Ministry refused to plan for the removal of a 10-dollar bill Portrait of Alexander Hamilton. At the same time on the bills and there will be other images of women and civil rights – they can place on the reverse side of banknotes

Denominations with a new design will be issued by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 2020, the centenary of appearances due to the election. rights for women, which guaranteed the 19 th amendment to the US Constitution. No updated banknotes, including a new five-dollar bill, do not go into circulation until the next decade.

twenty-dollar bills Photos : AFP

In the summer of last year, the head of the US Treasury Jack Lew announced plans to put a portrait of a woman in the 10-dollar bill. Then he said that the bill will be a woman who has made a contribution to the “formation of the American values ​​of democracy,” without specifying who they are

The last time the women were portrayed in the US dollar in the XIX century -. From 1891 to 1896 years on a silver certificate in the $ 1 was a portrait of Martha Washington, the wife of the first president of the United States. In the years 1865-1868 on the bill at $ 20 Indian princess Pocahontas was depicted. In 1979-1981, the coins in denominations of $ 1 was struck profile activist for the rights of women of the XIX century Susan B. Anthony.