SHELBY FLOWERS 9TH

Harriet Tubman to Replace Jackson on $20

 In 2020, American women will celebrate the 100yr anniversary of the end of women’s suffrage.  This will be a huge celebration and now the treasury department has announced that they will help in the celebration by putting a woman on the $20.  Hamilton will be replaced with Harriett Tubman.  The woman credited with helping free slaves by using the railroad system in secret. She helped move slaves from the south to the north to a free life.  She was incredible with the bravery that she showed and how she handled the life that was handed her.  She was a woman that everyone admired and loved.

Analysis: 

This article was very upbeat and showcased the right for women to be recognized and admired in the correct manner which is due for them.  The author wrote using facts only about the decision that the treasury department has disclosed.  The group of women who have petitioned to have a woman put on the twenty-dollar bill by the year of 2020 has done due diligence in researching who would be the best candidate.  The group of women surveyed the public and invested much time to determine who would be the first woman to grace the U.S. currency.  It was a pretty unanimous decision to have Tubman be the first woman on the currency. 

I am in total agreement that a woman is due to be immortalized on the U.S. currency that we now use.  Men have been the center of attention forever on the currency and it is now time to move over and let the women have their due. 

Article Link:

http://news.discovery.com/history/us-history/harriet-tubman-to-replace-jackson-on-20-160420.htm