Plan for woman on $10 bill in question as Hamilton fans rally

The hit musical “Hamilton” provoked a wave of interest in the man who established the U.S. financial system and whose face has long decorated the note. That’s propelled a concerted effort the keep him there. Now Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew is facing a backlash from women’s rights activists over his remarks that suggested a possible change to his widely-touted plan to put a woman in the portrait on the front of the bill.
“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” said Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women’s vice president of government relations. “A promise was made and it should be fulfilled. I don’t know any particular reason why they would back away from it.”…

Women on 20s, the group that has led the charge to feature a woman on U.S. currency, sent a letter to Lew and U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios on Monday asking that they fulfill the promise to put a woman on the $10 bill, Susan Ades Stone, the group’s executive director, said.

“Unless they’re saying, ‘We’re going to keep Hamilton on the $10 and we’re going to put a woman on the $20 and we’ll issue them both at the same time,’ that’s not good enough,” Ades Stone said. “It’s anybody’s guess how long they’d take to issue the $20.”