More than a quarter of Americans want Eleanor Roosevelt on the $10 bill after its redesign, a new poll finds.
A new McClatchy-Marist survey released on Wednesday has the former first lady as the leading choice among 1,259 respondents, according to Reuters.
Roosevelt commands 27 percent support in the sampling, with Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist, trailing her at 17 percent.
{mosads}Sacajawea, a Native American explorer, rounds out the top three candidates with 13 percent.
Women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony and aviator Amelia Earnhardt round out the top five, tied at 11 percent each.
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor lags behind at 4 percent.
Among women, Roosevelt was an even stronger favorite, at 33 percent. Tubman was by far the favorite among African-Americans, gaining 47 percent support.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced on June 17 that the $10 bill, currently graced by Alexander Hamilton, is receiving a facelift following national input this summer.
“America’s currency is a way for our nation to make a statement about who we are and what stand for,” Lew said on June 17.
“Our paper bills — and the images of great American leaders and symbols they depict — have long been a way for us to honor our past and express our values,” he added.
Lew said that the administration plans on revealing its new $10 bill standard-bearer before year’s end.
The eventual selection will be the first woman on American paper currency in more than a century.