非裔女性廢奴主義者頭像將登20美元紙幣
The US will for the first time have an African-American as the star of one of its highest-circulation bank notes after the Treasury announced that Civil War-era abolitionist Harriet Tubman would be featured on a new $20 bill.
美國財政部宣佈新版20美元紙幣將印上南北戰爭時期廢奴主義者哈麗雅特•塔布曼(Harriet Tubman)的頭像。20美元是流通量最大的美元之一，這是美國首次將一位非裔美國人作爲其主要人物。
Tubman will also be the first woman to grace US paper currency in more than a century thanks to the biggest shake-up of historical characters featured since 1928.
塔布曼還將成爲一百多年來美國紙幣上出現的第一個女人，這是美元自1928年以來最大一次歷史人物頭像大換血。
Treasury secretary Jack Lew last year launched a public consultation to secure nominations for a famous woman to replace Alexander Hamilton, the first US Treasury secretary and arguably the father of the modern American financial system, on the $10 bill.
美國財長傑克•盧(Jack Lew)去年發起了一次公衆諮詢，徵集著名女性人物提名，以取代亞歷山大•漢密爾頓(Alexander Hamilton)印在10美元上。漢密爾頓是美國第一任財政部長，而且可以說是現代美國金融體系之父。
But after a Broadway-fuelled backlash and what he described as a “long and difficult” process, Mr Lew on Wednesday said he had decided to push through a broader shake-up of US bank notes and ordered new designs for the $5, $10 and $20 bills.
但由於百老匯音樂劇《漢密爾頓》的刺激，這一提議遭到了激烈反對，在經歷了“漫長而艱難”——用傑克•盧的話來說——的過程之後，美國財長在週三表示他決定推動對美國紙幣人物進行一次更全面的換血，並要求重新設計5美元、10美元和20美元紙幣。
Tubman will replace former president Andrew Jackson on the new $20 bill while Jackson will be on the reverse alongside an image of the White House. The new $5 bill will continue to feature Abraham Lincoln on the front but will on the back celebrate historic events at his memorial in Washington, including Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I have a dream” speech.
塔布曼將取代前美國總統安德魯•傑克遜(Andrew Jackson)，印在新版20美元紙幣的正面，而傑克遜的頭像將印在反面白宮圖像旁。新版5美元的正面仍是亞伯拉罕•林肯(Abraham Lincoln)的頭像，但反面將紀念一些發生在華盛頓林肯紀念堂前的歷史事件，包括1963年馬丁•路德•金(Martin Luther King)的“我有一個夢想”演講。
Mr Lew said
傑克•盧表示：“作出這一決定後，我們的貨幣將講述更多我們的故事，並反映出女性對我國民主制度的貢獻，就像對男性貢獻的反映一樣。”
“With this decision our currency will now tell more of our story and reflect the contributions of women as well as men to our country’s democracy.”
哈麗雅特•塔布曼於1820年出生在美國馬里蘭州，曾是一名奴隸。她不僅自己逃脫了奴役，還帶領數百名奴隸獲得自由，成爲美國南北戰爭時期“地下鐵道”(Underground Railroad)逃跑網絡中最著名的“嚮導”，於1913年去世。
