African-American Harriet Tubman becomes first woman on US $20 bill

Harriet Tubman, the escaped slave who became a mainstay of the Underground Railroad, is the new face of the $20 bill, according to the Treasury Department.

Tubman is bumping incumbent Andrew Jackson off the currency .The $5 bill is also expected to change and include other civil rights leaders.

Politico was first to report the historic bouncing of the nation’s seventh president. Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton hailed the changing of the guard on the double-sawbuck.

“A woman, a leader, and a freedom fighter,” she said via Twitter. “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.