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PRINTER'S NO. 1117
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
87
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PARKER, BULLOCK, BURGOS, DELLOSO, FRANKEL, GUENST,
HERRIN, HOWARD, INNAMORATO, KENYATTA, KINKEAD, KINSEY,
MADDEN, N. NELSON, SAMUELSON, SCHLOSSBERG, SHUSTERMAN,
STURLA, WEBSTER AND WHEATLEY, APRIL 1, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 1, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Urging President Joseph R. Biden, the Congress of the United
States and United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet L.
Yellen to honor the pledge made to place Harriet Tubman's
image on the $20 bill.
WHEREAS, In 2015, the United States Treasury Department
announced a plan to place a woman on a currency note during the
implementation of security and anti-counterfeiting measures
along with the redesign process of the $20, $10 and $5 bills;
and
WHEREAS, More than 1 million citizens expressed their opinion
and made hundreds of suggestions to then United States Secretary
of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew; and
WHEREAS, On April 20, 2016, Secretary Lew announced that the
women's suffrage movement would be honored on the back of the
redesigned $10 bill through depictions of Lucretia Mott,
Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Alice Paul for their contributions in shaping the history of
this country; and
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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,
Ms. Tubman was born Araminta Ross around 1822 in Dorchester
County, Maryland; and
WHEREAS, Born into slavery, Ms. 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, Ms. Tubman
returned to the south and helped to free hundreds of slaves
through the Underground Railroad; and
WHEREAS, Ms. 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, Ms. 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 Ms. Tubman over any
other individual female to receive the honor of being placed on
the $20 bill; and
WHEREAS, To reflect the more than 100 years since the passage
of the 19th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States,
which gave women the right to vote, United States Secretary of
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the Treasury Janet L. Yellen should release the new currencies
along with the added security measures in 2022; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge President Joseph R. Biden, the
Congress of the United States and United States Secretary of the
Treasury Janet L. Yellen to honor the pledge made to place
Harriet Tubman's image on the $20 bill; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the
President of the United States, presiding officers of each house
of Congress, each member of Congress from Pennsylvania and
United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen.
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