The US Treasury Department announced this week that well-known abolitionist and conductor of the underground railroad Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill in 2020:

In being featured on the front of the $20 bill, Tubman will be the first African American on U.S. paper money ever, and the first woman in 100 years.

Lew called it a “powerful message,” and described Tubman’s life as the “essential story of American democracy.”

The praise of many “progressives” for the change is made amusing by the fact Tubman was motivated by her Christian faith — even to the point of breaking the law.

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