American Women Quarters
The US Mint has been making special quarters since 1999 to celebrate the United States. The American Women Quarters Program was set up to celebrate the accomplishments of American women. The program will last four years and started in 2022. The quarters will showcase women who contributed to the arts, space, humanities, civil rights, and suffrage, to name a few.
The first 5 quarters will feature:
Maya Angelou - writer and performer
Dr Sally Ride - first American woman astronaut in space
Wilma Mankiller - first woman chief of the Cherokee nation
Nina Ortero-Warren - leader in New Mexico's suffrage movement
Anna May Wong - first Chinese American film star
You can learn more about this program and these women at:
American Women Quarter Program
