Grassroots Campaign to Get a Woman on the $20 Bill Might Get a Meeting With the President

Harriet Tubman chosen as potential replacement for Andrew Jackson

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Harriet Tubman. That's who could replace Andrew Jackson if the founders of the grassroots campaign Women on 20s get their way— and they just might.

Voting in the months-long campaign ended Sunday, and co-founders Barbara Ortiz Howard and Susan Ades Stone are now in talks to set up meetings with President Barack Obama and U.S. Treasurer Rosa Gumataotao Rios. 

"We heard back from them, and they were very grateful for us sending along our petition and information," Ortiz Howard told Adweek.

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