National push to place historic women's faces on $20 bill

theGrio REPORT - A group called Women on 20s is pushing to do away with Andrew Jackson and to put a woman's face on the $20 bill.

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A group called Women on 20s is pushing to do away with Andrew Jackson and to put a woman’s face on the $20 bill.

“This is a fairly simple change — it doesn’t require an act of Congress,” said the group’s founder, Barbara Ortiz Howard.

Her group is calling for the face of a woman, any woman, to replace Andrew Jackson, who, in Howard’s opinion, should be on his way out anyway for his Indian Removal Act that led to the Cherokee nation’s Trail of Tears.

As for who should be the new face of the $20, Howard has no favorites. “I love them all,“ she said. “You can’t help but love these women and what they persevered to do for us on our behalf, as a people and a nation.“

Howard said that the movement began when they noticed that the only piece of money bearing a woman’s face is the dollar coin, which bears the likeness of Sacagawea. Before that, the dollar coin was Susan B. Anthony’s domain.

“I thought that was kind of an odd omission, considering that we are 50% of the population or more, and that we are vital to the economy and everything else in life,“ Howard said. “We have an opportunity for a rich history lesson every day as we use our money.”

“We’re hoping that they will hear America clamor for a change on the $20 bill,“ said Howard.

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