WHEREAS, Secretary Lew added that advancement in the Civil
Rights Movement would focus on events at the Lincoln Memorial on
the back of the new $5 bill and Harriet Tubman would appear on
the front of the new $20 bill; and
WHEREAS, According to the Harriet Tubman Historical Society,
Tubman was born Araminta Ross around 1822 in Dorchester County,
Maryland; and
WHEREAS, Born into slavery, Tubman was forced to endure
horrible living conditions and severe beatings while being
forced to work under brutal and unconscionable labor conditions
domestically for the slave owners' families and in the fields of
the plantations; and
WHEREAS, After successfully escaping to the north through the
assistance of the Underground Railroad in 1849, Tubman returned
to the south and helped to free hundreds of slaves through the
Underground Railroad; and
WHEREAS, Tubman's persistence and bravery continued as she
worked for the Union Army during the Civil War as a cook, nurse,
scout, spy and as a leader in the women's suffrage movement; and
WHEREAS, Tubman remained steadfast in her efforts toward
freedom and equality until her death in 1913 in Auburn, New
York; and
WHEREAS, Considering the exemplary life led by this American
heroine, the nation overwhelmingly chose Tubman over any other
individual female to receive the honor of being placed on the
$20 bill; and
WHEREAS, In honor of the 100th anniversary of the passage of
the 19th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States,
which gave women the right to vote, Secretary Mnuchin should
maintain the original plan and redesign schedule and release the
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