article_snippet: A campaign has been gathering pace to replace former president Andrew Jackson on $20 bills with that of a female for the first time in history.
article_snippet: The petition has been set up on the website womenon20s.org, which is calling for former president Andrew Jackson to be replaced due to former president Andrew Jackson negative treatment of Native Americans.
article_snippet: The faces on American bank notes have remained the same since 1929, but President Barack Obama has signalled President Barack Obama would be open to change.
article_snippet: Currently, the $20 bill features the face of seventh US president Andrew Jackson, who became much maligned due to this treatment of Native Americans .
article_snippet: The campaign, is hoping that if it is successful, a note featuring a woman would go into circulation by 2020.
article_snippet: Petition organiser Barbara Ortiz Howard told CBS: 'There are no women on the money
article_snippet: The petition mirrors a similar campaign in the UK to get Jane Austen as the face of a £10 note after a public outcry that every banknote featured a man.
article_snippet: The Bank of England governor Mark Carney unveiled the new design as a tribute to ‘one of the greatest writers in English literature’ which will appear from 2017, replacing naturalist Charles Darwin.
article_snippet: A similar campaign in the UK will see a £10 note, pictured, with the face of author Jane Austen on it go into circulation in 2017 .
article_snippet: The announcement was hailed as a ‘brilliant day for women’ by journalist Cristina Criado-Perez, who had led a high-profile campaign on social media to ensure a female face would remain on banknotes after the Bank dropped social reformer Elizabeth Fry from the £5 note in favour of Winston Churchill.
highlights_snippet: New campaign is calling for the first woman to be put on a U.S. banknote .
  
highlights_snippet: Petition is asking who should replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill .
  