Only presidents can print their images on US dollar bills? No, that's wrong!

In 2020, the US Treasury Department plans to circulate a US $ 20 bill with a portrait of an African American woman, Harriet Tubman, replacing the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson.

The name Harriet Tubman is definitely not from any US president. And if this change is made, Mrs. Tubman will be the first black American, also the third woman to appear on the US dollar.

Ms. Harriet Tubman - the third woman ever appeared on US dollars

This is contrary to what one of us has thought for a long time, that only the former president can appear on this country's bill. But in fact, the portrait on the USD is not necessarily a president.

Not the president, so who are they?

If you pay attention, you will see on the USD 10 bill and the USD 100 bill now has Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin present . Both were not US presidents: Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury (or Treasury Department) of the United States. And Franklin was the first to establish the United States, and be honored with the largest currency unit in the United States today.

Portraits printed on current circulars.

In 1861, the United States also circulated a $ 10,000 bill with a portrait of a man named Salmon P. Chase . A lot of people must be wondering who is Mr. Salmon P. Chase? For those who don't know, Chase has held a number of positions including the Ohio Senator and then the Secretary of the US Treasury and the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

But he was not the president either.

Salmon P. Chase on USD 10,000 bill.

In the period from 1800 to 1900, many portraits of people from generals during the American Civil War, the chief justice of the court to politicians, diplomats, etc. were printed on a number of sheets. United State Dollar. In it, only two women, Martha Washington - the wife of President George Washington on the dollar bill , and Ms. Pocahontas - the Indian woman who was inspired by Disney to make a movie "Pocahontas" in the newspaper 20 dollars old.

A portrait of Martha Washington was printed on a $ 1 bill and Pocahontas printed on an old $ 20 note.

Why was Harriet Tubman supported to print pictures on a USD 20 bill?

Returning to Harriet Tubman, she was born a slave in Maryland (in the early 1820s) but in 1849, Tubman escaped and went to work as a maid for a family. When she heard that her granddaughter was about to be auctioned in late 1850, she decided to risk rescuing and the first mission was successful.

After that, she continued to return to the slave states to free many other slaves despite the danger. She traveled with various methods of camouflage and weapons, establishing a secret network of houses and roads to Canada.

Harriet Tubman, acting as a spy for the Federal army, has been of great help in providing vital information and organization.

Not only was an activist against slavery and practically freed 300 slaves, when the US Civil War broke out, she also acted as a spy for the Federal army, which helped a lot. in providing important information and organizing, training a few other spies.

As you can see, although it is not just the president who can appear on the US dollar, those people must also mean a great deal to the people of this country.

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