HELENA — U.S. Sen. Steve Daines is proposing to place the image of the first woman elected to Congress on the new $10 bill.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced it will redesign the $10 bill in 2020 to feature a woman. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is taking suggestions this summer on who that should be.
The decision is now the Treasury Department’s, but Daines introduced legislation Thursday that would change the Federal Reserve Act to require Jeannette Rankin of Montana to be that woman.
Daines says Rankin left a lasting mark on the nation’s democratic process and is an example of America’s legacy of service.
Rankin was first elected in 1916 and again in 1940. She voted against the U.S. entering both World War I and World War II.