Museum accepting submissions for run of women quarters
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NATIONAL NEWS â The National Women s History Museum is asking for help in choosing which pioneering American women should be featured on on a run of U.S. quarters.
It s part of the American Women Quarters Program which will stamp circulating quarters with the faces of women who have made significant contributions to the US, according to the U.S. Mint.
The first two women chosen are Maya Angelou and astronaut Dr. Sally Ride.
The women chosen as honorees may come from a wide spectrum of fields including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The women honored will come from ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds.
The US Mint wants you to help choose the pioneering women that will appear on its new quarters
Following coins that put the spotlight on Duke Ellington, the.
Posted: May 11, 2021 3:01 PM
Posted By: CNN
Following coins that put the spotlight on Duke Ellington, the Tuskegee Airmen and Samoan fruit bats, a new run of quarters will call attention to pioneering American women.
It s part of the US Mint s American Women Quarters Program, which will stamp circulating quarters with the faces of women who have made significant contributions to the US. (George Washington s face will remain on the quarter s front, albeit with a new design.)
ATLANTA (CNN) Following coins that put the spotlight on Duke Ellington, the Tuskegee Airmen and Samoan fruit bats, a new run of quarters will call attention to pioneering American women.
It s part of the US Mint s American Women Quarters Program, which will stamp circulating quarters with the faces of women who have made significant contributions to the U.S. (George Washington s face will remain on the quarter s front, albeit with a new design.)
The first two honorees have already been chosen: esteemed poet Maya Angelou and gender-barrier-breaking astronaut Sally Ride.
The rest of the lineup will be decided by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen with input from the American public.
Bryan Pietsch, The New York Times
Published: 10 May 2021 12:56 PM BdST
Updated: 10 May 2021 12:56 PM BdST In an undated image provided by the US Mint, a rendering of coins celebrating the writer and poet Maya Angelou, left, and the astronaut Sally Ride will be issued next year as part of the US Mint’s American Women Quarters Programme. US Mint via The New York Times
Writer and poet Maya Angelou and 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 US Mint over the next four years.