Emphasizing gender inequality in the US, American currency very rarely pictures the face of anyone besides white men. The only woman who has ever been featured on American paper currency is Martha Washington whose face was on an 1886 silver dollar. While Washington was a renowned first lady, her fame is linked to her connection with George Washington perpetuating the old idea, as Gail Collins wrote for the New York Times, that “the greatest women were simply the ones married to the greatest men.”

With the 100th year anniversary of women’s suffrage just five years away, a campaign has been started advocating for the placement of  one of history’s greatest women on the 20 dollar bill instead of Andrew Jackson. The campaign chose to swap out Jackson largely because of his negative history with Native Americans. He is also said to have hated paper currency.

The campaign has a list of 15 nominees chosen by jurists who picked these women after considering achievement as well as obstacles overcome. The list has had its share of complaints regarding those missing—particularly about the missing presence of a Native American woman. To remedy this, Susan Ades Stone and Barbara Ortiz Howards, the  campaign’s director and founder, have decided that when they announce the top three nominees they will be adding a fourth option: the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller.

Roxanne Gay, author of Bad Feminist, argued on the opinion pages of the New York Times that Margaret Sanger, leader of the birth control movement was a perfect face for the twenty dollar bill largely because her work helped many working class women who were tremendously affected by lack of access to reproductive healthcare. Gay states that although “Sanger was not without her controversies…neither were any of the men who currently grace our currency.” She also said that putting Sanger on the bill will remind us “how the fight for reproductive freedom is an ongoing one. We need this reminder now more than ever.”

Izzy Tegtmeyer, class of 2016, stated that she would have to choose between Eleanor Roosevelt and Rosa Parks. “I want to say Roosevelt because she was one of the first first ladies who actually did things. She was very involved in politics,” Tegtmeyer said, “But Rosa Parks practically kick started the civil rights movement… it’s hard to choose, they’re both very influential women who are so relevant to today’s social issues,” she added.

Even with the short list of nominees, the choice is not easy. In the past 100 years women have come very far in history and many believe that the campaign is a way to pay good tribute to the great strides that women have accomplished as well as a reminder of the ongoing fight for equality. As Gloria Steinem once said, “Women have always been an equal part of the past, they just haven’t been a part of history.”

A version of this article appears in print on May 1, 2015.