Harriet Tubman

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Harriet Tubman will be face of the $20

Question: Recently the U.S. Treasury Department announced on 20 April 2016 that the image of an American abolitionist and anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman will be printer on notes of-
(a) 20 Dollar
(b) 10 Dollar
(c) 50 Dollar
(d) 5 dollar
Ans (a)
Related facts:

  • On 20 April 2016 The U.S. Treasury Department announced that the image of an American abolitionist and anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman will appear on a new series of US $20 bills.
  • With this, Tubman will become the first African-American and the first woman in more than a century to appear on U.S. paper currency.
  • The $20 bill will be redesigned with Tubman’s portrait on the front the portrait of Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president will now be printed to the back of the bill.

Reference:
https://modernmoney.treasury.gov/new-notes
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/us/women-currency-treasury-harriet-tubman.html?_r=0
http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/20/news/10-bill-hamilton-20-tubman/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/harriet-tubman-20-bill-myths-freed-slaves-quotes