Bessie Coleman – first African American and first Native American woman licensed pilot.Anna May Wong – first Chinese American film star in Hollywood.Nina Otero-Warren – suffrage leader and the first woman superintendent of Santa Fe public schools.
Wilma Mankiller – first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.Sally Ride – physicist, astronaut, educator, and first American woman in space Maya Angelou – celebrated writer, performer, and social activist.The pioneering American women celebrated on the quarters are listed below in the order the quarters will be released. Look for these quarters in your change or shop online for American Women Quarters products. The American Women Quarters Program is authorized by the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116-330). The women honored will be from ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds.
The American Women Quarters may feature contributions from a variety of fields, including, but not limited to, suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts.
The obverse of each coin will maintain a likeness of George Washington, but is different from the design used during the previous quarter program. Mint will issue up to five new reverse designs each year. Beginning in 2022, and continuing through 2025, the U.S. The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year program that celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women of the United States.
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