1st LD: U.S. plans to put woman abolitionist Harriet Tubman on 20-dollar bill

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced on Wednesday that the Treasury plans to put Harriet Tubman, a woman abolitionist during American history, on the front of the 20-dollar bill.

"I am excited to announce that for the first time in more than a century, the front of our currency will feature the portrait of a woman -- Harriet Tubman -- on the 20-dollar note," said Lew in a teleconference on Wednesday.

The reverse of the new 20-dollar bill will continue to feature the White House as well as an image of President Andrew Jackson, Lew said.

In last June, Treasury Department introduced its initial plan to replace Alexander Hamilton from the 10-dollar bill with a woman figure in a campaign to celebrate the contributions of female historical figures.

The plan received nationwide rebukes, as the opponents argued that Hamilton was America's first Treasury Secretary and the architect of the nation's economic system, and was the least person to be replaced from the American currencies.

Lew announced on Wednesday that the front of the new 10-dollar bill will continue to feature Alexander Hamilton.

But the reverse of the 10-dollar note will honor the story and the heroes of the women's suffrage movement against the backdrop of the Treasury building.

The new 10-dollar note design will depict that historic march and leaders of the suffrage movement to give women the right to vote, including Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul, said the secretary. Endite