A woman, a leader, and a freedom fighter-Harriet Turban is the face of US $20 bill

Harriet Tubman, is the first African –American woman to be the face of the US $20 bill,she escaped slave who became a mainstay of the Underground Railroad, is the new face of the $20 bill, according to the Treasury Department.

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Tubman is bumping incumbent Andrew Jackson off the currency .The $5 bill is also expected to change and include other civil rights leaders.Politico reports.. Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton hailed the change, tweeting “A woman, a leader, and a freedom fighter,. “I can't think of a better choice for the $20 bill than Harriet Tubman.”

Tubman becomes the first woman to appear on U.S. paper currency in a century, following President Washington’s wife Martha — who was featured on a $1 silver certificate.

The official announcement will come later Wednesday, but the change in bills was already generating huge cheers.