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Maya Angelou, Cherokee Nation leader among women honored on newly minted quarters

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The new four-year American Women Quarters Program celebrates women’s accomplishments and contributions to the United States’ development and history. Under the program, the mint will issue up to five new designs each year from 2022 to 2025. Honorees will be from a variety of fields and from ethnically, racially and geographically diverse backgrounds.

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Associated Press News

US Mint to issue quarters honoring notable American women

Poet and author Maya Angelou, America’s first woman in space and a revered Cherokee Nation leader are among female trailblazers whose likenesses will appear on the U.S. quarter.

3 years ago·United States

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USA Today

Trailblazing American women, like Maya Angelou and Sally Ride, to be face of US quarters starting in 2022

Starting in 2022, notable women will be the face of U.S. quarters, including Maya Angelou, Wilma Mankiller and Sally Ride.

3 years ago·United States

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abc News

US Mint to issue quarters honoring notable American women

A string of notable American women will appear on the U.S. quarter under a four-year program that begins in 2022

3 years ago·United States

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Washington Times

Sally Ride, Maya Angelou among women to be honored on quarters, U.S. Mint announces

Poet and author Maya Angelou, America’s first woman in space, U.S. astronaut Sally Ride, and a revered Cherokee Nation leader are among female trailblazers whose likenesses will appear on the U.S. quarter.

3 years ago·United States

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The Hill

Maya Angelou, Cherokee Nation leader among women honored on newly minted quarters

The U.S. Mint announced this month that it would add more notable women to its inaugural American Women Quarters Program to include famed activists and artists.In a ...

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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npr

Notable Women Will Be Honored On U.S. Quarters

Poet Maya Angelou, astronaut Sally Ride, suffrage activist Adelina Otero-Warren, film star Anna May Wong and Cherokee Nation leader Wilma Mankiller will appear on quarters starting in 2022.(Image credit: AP)

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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