Surprising People Who Have Appeared On US Currency

Susan B. Anthony

We know that only two women ever appeared on US paper currency, but other women have made appearances on coins. One of these women was Susan B. Anthony, a woman best known for being a fierce women’s rights activist. She founded the American Equal Rights Association in 1866.

Susan campaigned to abolish slavery and to try to win the right for women to vote. This finally happened nearly a decade and a half after her death. In 1979 she was honored by Congress when her face was included on a new one dollar coin. We think Susan would have been reasonably happy with that.