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Women on 10s: US Treasurer Rosie Rios talks putting women on money
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Jun 23, 2015
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Women on 10s: US Treasurer Rosie Rios talks putting women on money
Last week, the U.S. Treasury announced it will in fact, put a woman on paper currency, but on the $10 bill, and not the $20 bill as advocates had hoped.
Rosie Rios, the 43rd treasurer of the United States.
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Last week, the U.S. Treasury announced it will in fact, put a woman on paper currency, but on the $10 bill, and not the $20 bill as advocates had hoped.

There's been a lot of buzz recently about grass roots efforts to replace Andrew Jackson with the face of a woman on the $20 bill. 

Last week, the U.S. Treasury announced it will in fact, put a woman on paper currency, but on the $10 bill, and not the 20.

The person who will be overseeing that transition is herself a woman. Rosie Rios is the 43rd Treasurer of the United States, and she joined the show to talk more about the process.