Move over, Andrew Jackson: a new national campaign is out to replace the former president with a fresh face on the $20 bill. The “Women on 20s” movement is going viral, with 80,000 people heading online to pick from potential candidates like suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Congresswoman Patsy Mink, and abolitionist Sojourner Truth.

Here’s how it works: Over the next few weeks, everybody has the opportunity to vote for one of four women–Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks or Cherokee Nation leader Wilma Mankiller–and get her mug on the 20. Once a winner has been chosen, the WomenOn20s team will bring their nomination to President Obama, in the hopes that he will direct the secretary of the Treasury to make the swap.

Sound like a long shot? Maybe. Except Obama has already expressed interest in getting female representation on U.S. currency. Plus, with a woman in the running for the 2016 election, the time is nigh for social change.

Cast your vote on the WomenOn20s site.

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