Redesigned $10 Bill To Feature A Woman Beginning In 2020
The U.S. Treasury Department has announced a plan to change the $10 bill, replacing Alexander Hamilton’s image on the currency with a woman’s portrait.
The updated $10 isn’t expected to be released until at least 2020, due to production times and security issues. The date coincides, however, with the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment to the Constitution which gave women the right to vote.
“Our democracy is a work in progress,” stated Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury. “This decision of putting a woman on the $10 bill reflects our aspirations for the future as much as a reflection of the past.”
It is undecided yet who the “notable woman” featured on the new $10 will be. Anyone who would like to weigh in on the decision is encouraged to share their ideas with the Treasury Department through The New 10 website or by using the social media hashtag #TheNew10.
Earlier this year, there was a push to put a woman’s portrait on the $20 bill, replacing Andrew Jackson. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced a bill April 14 to create a citizens panel to recommend a female candidate and abolitionist Harriet Tubman won an online campaign. However, the $20 will not be redesigned at this time according to the U.S. Treasury. (See Related Story: US Senator Pushing To Put A Woman On $20 Bill By 2020.)
Women have appeared on U.S. coins in the past, but never on paper currency. The last time a portrait was changed on U.S. paper currency was in 1928.
Sources: WTHR and The New 10 website