Tubman on the 20!
Almost a decade ago, Barbara Ortiz Howard was paying for a cup of coffee when she noticed something. There were no women’s faces on the money in her wallet. She realized that she had never seen a woman on a U.S. banknote. She decided to do something about it.
After getting input from friends, Ortiz Howard formed Women On 20s. Susan Ades Stone soon contributed her talents to help shape the campaign. The organization’s aim was to get a woman on the $20 banknote by 2020. Why that bill and that year? 2020 would be the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment—when women won the
