Tenafly Heroine Is A Candidate To Be The Next Face On The $20 Bill….

Elizabeth Cady Stanton called the “founding genius” of the women’s rights movement is one of 15 women candidates to consider in this first Primary Round of voting managed by the non-profit  Women on 20s.

Stanton became president of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association, a position she would hold for 21 years. She died in 1902, 18 years before women were granted the right to vote. 

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House

Stanton’s House in Tenafly located on Highwood Avenue is an historical building.

The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote. So it seems fitting to commemorate that milestone by voting to elevate women to a place that is today reserved exclusively for the men who shaped American history. That place is on our paper money. And that new portrait can become a symbol of greater changes to com.

It doesn’t take a messy act of Congress to change a portrait on paper money.  It requires an order from the Secretary of the Treasury. With the stroke of a pen, the President can direct the Treasury Secretary to make the change. President Obama already has publicly expressed an interest in featuring more women on our money. With at least 100,000 votes, we can get the President’s ear. That’s how many names it takes to petition the White House for executive action.

See President Barak Obama On The Subject