Maya Angelou and Sally Ride Will Be Honored on Quarters
The coins are part of a new U.S. Mint program that will feature as many as 20 American women.
Coins celebrating the writer and poet Maya Angelou, left, and the astronaut Sally Ride will be issued next year as part of the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program.Credit...United States Mint
May 9, 2021
The writer and poet Maya Angelou and the astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, are the first women who will appear on a series of quarters to be issued by the U.S. Mint over the next four years.