Harriet Tubman, an African-American woman who helped slaves escape, will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, said U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on April 20. She will be the first African-American woman to be placed on U.S. money.
Alexander Hamilton will remain on the $10 bill after public opinion swayed the decision.
Officials said the back of the $10 bill will feature an image of the historic march for suffrage that ended at the Treasury Department, and will honor the leaders of the movement Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul.
Lew said the back of the $5 bills will honor important events at the Lincoln Memorial, including prominent figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Jackson will not completely disappear from $20 bills, he will be put on the reverse of the $20 bill, as well as an image of the White House.
The move comes after Lew announced last year he was thinking about replacing founding father, Hamilton, on the $10 bill with a woman. Critics suggested that Jackson be switched out of the $20 bill instead.
