Harriet Tubman to appear on $20 bill, while Alexander Hamilton remains on $10 bill

An article in The Washington Post about major changes to three U.S. currency notes, including placing black abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill and relocating the slaveholding former president Andrew Jackson to its rear, quotes Kari Winter, professor of transnational studies. “It is just absolutely beautiful to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman, because where Jackson represented the worst side of American history, Tubman represents the ideals of American democracy,” she said.

Winter also was quoted on NBC News about the Treasury Department’s decision to keep Alexander Hamilton on the front of the $10 bill. “Hamilton's surge in popularity has been building over time, it didn't just happen now with the Broadway show,” she said. “Over the last few years there have been major biographies written about him, so this has been happening for a few years now. Hamilton is a romantic figure in so many ways. He is one of our most interesting founders.” The article also appeared on MSNBC.

In addition, Winter is quoted in an article on Politico. “[Hamilton] is fully appropriate to be on American currency, whereas Jackson was a scoundrel, a slave holder and a white supremacist who was involved in the removal of Indians and was completely opposed to paper money and was horrible to women,” she said. The article also appeared on The Mary Sue.

Read more:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/20/u-s-to-keep-hamilton-on-front-of-10-bill-put-portrait-of-harriet-tubman-on-20-bill/

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/harriet-tubman-replace-former-president-andrew-jackson-20-bill-n559251

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/harriet-tubman-replace-former-president-andrew-jackson-the-20-bill

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/treasurys-lew-to-announce-hamilton-to-stay-on-10-bill-222204

http://www.themarysue.com/harriet-tubman-andrew-jackson/