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Sally Ride to be honored on coin
The U.S. Mint announced that late La Jolla resident and astronaut Sally Ride and late writer Maya Angelou will be the first two women honored on coins issued under the American Women Quarters Program.
“Sally would be so moved by this great honor,” said Tam O’Shaughnessy, Ride’s life partner and co-founder of Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego Extension. “It’s especially fitting that it comes during the 20th-anniversary celebration for Sally Ride Science. This tribute reflects Sally’s legacy not only as a trailblazing astronaut but also as a champion of diversity and inclusion in STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] fields.”
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The American Women Quarters Program will celebrate the accomplishments and contributions made by women to the development and history of our country.
Beginning in 2022, and continuing through 2025, the U.S. Mint will issue up to five new reverse designs each year.
The obverse of each coin will maintain a likeness of George Washington, but be different from the design used during the previous quarter program.
Famed writer Maya Angelou and trailblazing astronaut Dr. Sally Ride will be the first distinguished American women celebrated on the 2022 quarters.
Cofounder of Sally Ride Science, Dr. Tam O’Shaughnessy joined Good Morning San Diego to discuss the program and the honor of Ride being celebrated on quarters.
US Mint to honor astronaut, former UCSD professor Sally Ride on new quarter
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â The United States Mint will honor astronaut and former UC San Diego professor Dr. Sally Ride as part of its effort to highlight prominent women on quarters.
Ride and famed writer Maya Angelou will be the first two women to grace the quarter as part of the Mint s American Women Quarters Program, which will issue five different reverse designs, on the tails side, annually that feature the accomplishments and prominent women from 2022 to 2025.
The Sally Ride quarter will begin circulating next year. The quarters will continue to feature George Washington on the heads side, though it will be designed in a way that sets it apart from the current image.
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The United States Mint plans to issue a quarter-dollar coin that commemorates the accomplishments and contributions of the late Sally Ride, who became the first American woman to travel in space and later served on the UC San Diego faculty.
Ride and the late writer Maya Angelou will appear on separate coins as part of the new American Women Quarters Program, which is run by the Mint, the sole maker of legal-tender coinage in the US.
The Mint says it will annually issue up to five different reverse-design coins per year beginning in 2022. The honor is limited to people who are no longer alive.