Araminta Ross, better known as Harriet Tubman, was born in Dorchester County, Maryland around 1822. She was born into slavery but escaped at the age of 29. Most people know Harriet Tubman as solely an abolitionist, and while she helped bring more than 70 enslaved people to freedom through the underground railroad and advocated for the abolishment of slavery, she contributed so much more to the world around her. After being the conductor of the underground railroad, Tubman went to serve as a nurse, spy, and scout for the Union during the Civil War, helping to free hundreds of other slaves. She was the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war in the Combahee River Raid; she fought for women’s suffrage alongside Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, speaking with multiple associations that supported the cause; and she even used her money to fund a nursing home towards the end of her life. 

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2019 is the 170th anniversary of her escape to freedom.

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While going through the different representations of Tubman through art, movies, and the like, we urge you to think how does this represent Tubman? How does it impact me? Why?

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Why is she possibly the new face of the $20 bill?

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Do you think she should be on the bill?

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Does the United States deserve to have her on the bill?