Leaders of the movement to give women the right to vote will grace the back of the $10 bill, while the back of the $5 bill (fronted by Abraham Lincoln) will depict female leaders of the civil rights era.
The changes are expected to be made by 2020.
Last summer, Lew announced that a woman would most likely replace Hamilton on the $10 bill, but the success of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” which won a Pulitzer Prize for best drama on Monday, unexpectedly created a fan base for the founding father who served as the first Treasury secretary..
Many — including Miranda himself — have demanded that Hamilton stay exactly where he is on American currency.
There had also been talk that Lew considered adding a collection of historical female figures to the back of the $10 bill, but that idea was apparently scuttled in favor of replacing Jackson on the $20 bill with Tubman, an African-American abolitionist and Union spy during the Civil War.
17 Top-Grossing Broadway Musicals of All Time, From 'Hamilton' to 'The Lion King' (Photos)
A ranked list of the biggest hits on the Great White Way, as of March 8, 2020 (according to The Broadway League)
17. "Rent" (original production) Opened: April 29, 1996 Closed: Sept. 7, 2008 Gross: $274.2 million
16. "The Producers" Opened: April 19, 2001 Closed: April 22, 2007 Gross: $288.4 million
15. "Mary Poppins" Opened: Nov. 16, 2006 Closed: March 3, 2013 Gross: $294.6 million
14. "Miss Saigon" (original production) Opened: April 11, 1991 Closed: Jan. 28, 2001 Gross: $298.7 million
13. "Kinky Boots" Opened: April 4, 2013 Closed: April 7, 2019 Gross to date: $319.0 million
12. "Les Misérables" (original production) Opened: March 12, 1987 Closed: May 18, 2003 Gross: $406.3 million
