The Secretary of the Treasury selects the honorees following consultation with the Smithsonian Institution’s American Women’s History Initiative, the National Women’s History Museum, and the Congressional Bipartisan Women’s Caucus. The Mint used her George Washington design on a 1999 gold commemorative coin marking the 200th anniversary of Washington’s death.

She designed the Alabama Centennial Half Dollar in 1921, becoming the first woman to design a U.S.

Laura Gardin Fraser was one of the most prolific women sculptors of the early 20th century. It was the recommended design for the 1932 quarter to mark Washington’s 200th birthday, but then-Treasury Secretary Mellon ultimately selected the left-facing John Flanagan design. The obverse of each American Women Quarters coin will feature a portrait of George Washington facing right, originally composed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser. Obverse Design A render of the American Women Quarters Program obverse.

Zitkala-Ša – writer, composer, educator, and political activist.

Celia Cruz – Cuban-American singer, cultural icon, and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century.

Mary Edwards Walker – Civil War era surgeon, women’s rights and dress reform advocate

Patsy Takemoto Mink – first woman of color to serve in Congress.

Pauli Murray – poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopal priest

Maria Tallchief – America’s first prima ballerina.

Jovita Idar – Mexican-American journalist, activist, teacher, and suffragist.

Eleanor Roosevelt – leader, reformer, first lady, and author.

Edith Kanakaʻole – indigenous Hawaiian composer, custodian of native culture and traditions.

Bessie Coleman – first African American and first Native American woman licensed pilot.

Anna May Wong – first Chinese American film star in Hollywood.

Nina Otero-Warren – suffrage leader and the first woman superintendent of Santa Fe public schools.

Wilma Mankiller – first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Sally Ride – physicist, astronaut, educator, and first American woman in space

Maya Angelou – celebrated writer, performer, and social activist.

The pioneering American women celebrated on the quarters are listed below in the order the quarters will be released. Look for these quarters in your change or shop online for American Women Quarters products. The American Women Quarters Program is authorized by the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116-330). The women honored will be from ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds. The American Women Quarters may feature contributions from a variety of fields, including, but not limited to, suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The obverse of each coin will maintain a likeness of George Washington, but is different from the design used during the previous quarter program. Mint will issue up to five new reverse designs each year. Beginning in 2022, and continuing through 2025, the U.S. The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year program that celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women of the United States.

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