In 2020, the United States Department of the Treasury plans to circulate a bill featuring the portrait of an African-American woman, Harriet Tubman, replacing the image of the 7th president of the United States, Andrew Jackson.
The name Harriet Tubman certainly does not belong to any US president. And if this change is implemented, Ms. Tubman will be the first black American and the third woman to appear on the US dollar bill.
Harriet Tubman – the 3rd woman ever to appear on the US dollar bill
This goes against what some of us have long thought, which is that only a former president can be on this country’s currency. But the reality is that the portrait on the dollar bill doesn’t have to be that of a president.
If you pay attention, you will see on the current 10 USD and 100 USD bills there are Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin . Neither was the president of the United States: Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury (or Treasury Department) of the United States. And Franklin was the first person to found the United States, and is honored with the largest currency in the United States today.
Portraits printed on bills in circulation today.
In 1861, the United States also circulated a ,000 bill with a portrait of a man named Salmon P. Chase . Surely many people are wondering who is Mr. Salmon P. Chase? For those who don’t know, Mr. Chase has held many positions including Senator from Ohio, then US Secretary of the Treasury and even Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
But he is also not the president.
Salmon P. Chase on the ,000 bill.
During the period from 1800 to 1900, many portraits of people from generals in the American Civil War, chief justices of the Supreme Court to politicians, diplomats… were printed on some papers. U.S. dollar. In it, only two women are Martha Washington – the wife of President George Washington on the 1 dollar bill, and Mrs. Pocahontas – the Indian woman who was inspired by Disney to make the movie “Pocahontas” in the newspaper. 20 bucks old.
Portrait of Martha Washington on the bill and Pocahontas on the old bill.
Going back to Harriet Tubman, she was born a slave in Maryland (early 1820s) but in 1849 Tubman escaped and went to work as a domestic worker. When she heard that her granddaughter was about to be auctioned off in late 1850, she decided to go to the rescue and the first mission was successful.
After that, she continued to return to the slave states to free many other slaves despite the danger. She traveled with various disguises and weapons, establishing a network of houses and secret routes to Canada.
Harriet Tubman served as a spy for the Union army, helping greatly in providing important information and organization.
Not only was she an anti-slavery activist and practically freed 300 slaves, when the American Civil War broke out, she also served as a spy for the Union army, helping a lot. in providing important information and organizing and training several other spies.
As you can see, although it is not every president that can appear on the US dollar bill, those people must also mean a lot to the people of this country.