Sophomore Rachel Miller thinks it is cool a black woman will be featured on our currency.

She was excited to hear that the United States Treasury announced that Harriet Tubman, escaped slave and fervent abolitionist, will appear on the $20 bill.

“Tubman is a hero for what she did for the slaves. It is an accomplishment to put a black woman on our currency, and I cannot think of anyone better than her,” Miller said. “There has never been a woman, or a black woman, on American money before. It definitely is something to celebrate.”

The Treasury Department made the announcement Wednesday, April 20.

In her lifetime, Tubman escaped slavery and put herself in danger by leading more than 70 other friends and family members to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

She even went on and worked to promote women’s suffrage, which promotes the right for women to vote.

Mrs. Marti VanOverbeke, English teacher, believes it is long overdue to have a woman on American paper money.

“It is great that we are finally going to have a woman on currency,” VanOverbeke said. “There are a lot of women that have made positive changes in this country.”

Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson, who was a slave owner, on the front of the $20 bill.

The reverse of the new bill will portray the White House and an image of Jackson.

For many, like Mr. Andy Nester, having Tubman immortalized on U.S. currency will let all Americans remember her actions and life.

Nester, civics teacher, believes it is important to discuss history in as many venues as possible.

“Placing the face of a person like Harriet Tubman on our currency causes one to respect her patriotism, heroism, character, and sacrifice all while being an African-American woman in a time of slavery,” Nester said.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew believes people should look at the bill and remember who is on it.

“We want people to pay attention to the whole bill,” Lew said.

There will also be changes to the $10 and $5 bills.

The new $10 bill will celebrate the history of the women’s suffrage movement.

It will feature images of Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul, alongside the treasury building.

The front of the new $10 bill will retain the portrait of Alexander Hamilton.

Other changes will include redesigning the $5 bill, which will honor historic events that occurred at the Lincoln Memorial in service of U.S. democracy.

It will feature Martin Luther King Jr., Marian Anderson, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

But the front of the new $5 bill will keep the portrait of President Abraham Lincoln.

New bills will also have tactile features to make them easier for blind citizens to distinguish.

Many people see these as positive changes in U.S. currency, like senior Mariah O’Leary.

She is impressed that a woman will be on the $20 bill.

“It is impressive that she (Tubman) will be featured on our money,” O’Leary said. “It is a great achievement for minorities in America.”