From the end of the Civil War until her death in 1913, Harriet Tubman earned a monthly pension of $20 for her service as a scout and a nurse during the war.
As part of a 2016 proposal by the Obama Administration, Tubman was set to grace the front of a revamped $20 bill. Making her the first African-American to ever grace U.S. currency.
But earlier this week, the Trump Administration, in a signal that the proposal might soon die, said changing the face of the currency was not a priority.
"Right now we've got a lot more important issues to focus on," said Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who was echoing earlier sentiments by President Donald Trump, who has always been against putting Tubman on the $20 and replacing his hero, Andrew Jackson.
"I would say that we have been aware that from the time of Trump's election that he was opposed to this," said Susan Ades Stone, whose organization initially approached Obama about the change. "We are not surprised that Mnuchin is taking this backburner approach to the currency change. So we are pessimistic."
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