U.S. Mint Announces 2024 Women Honorees
Per a Press Release from the U.S. Mint February 1, 2023
The United States Mint recently announced the 2024 honorees for the American Women Quarters™ Program. The American Women Quarters Program features coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of American women. Begun in 2022 and continuing through 2025, the Mint is issuing five quarters each year.
The U.S. 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 ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse group of individuals honored through this program reflects various accomplishments and fields, including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts.
Celia Cruz Quarter in 2024
Afro-Latina singer Celia Cruz will be honored with a coin in 2024. Celia Cruz (Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso) was a Cuban-American singer, cultural icon, and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Known as “The Queen of Salsa,” Cruz’s numerous honors and awards include five Grammy awards, a National Medal of Arts, and a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
Other American Women Quarter Honorees
The pioneering American women celebrated on the quarters are listed below in the order the quarters will be released.
2024 Honorees
In addition to Celia Cruz, these other groundbreaking women will be honored with a coin:
- Pauli Murray – poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopal priest
- Patsy Takemoto Mink – first woman of color to serve in Congress
- Dr. Mary Edwards Walker – Civil War-era surgeon, women’s rights advocate, and abolitionist
- Zitkala-Ša (“Red Bird”) – writer, composer, educator, and political activist
2023 Honorees
- Bessie Coleman – first African American and first Native American woman pilot
- Edith Kanakaʻole – indigenous Hawaiian composer, custodian of native culture and traditions
- Eleanor Roosevelt – first lady, author, and civil liberties advocate
- Jovita Idar – Mexican-American journalist, activist, teacher, and suffragist
- Maria Tallchief – America’s first prima ballerina
2022 Honorees
- Maya Angelou – celebrated writer, performer, and social activist
- Dr. Sally Ride – physicist, astronaut, educator, and first American woman in space
- Wilma Mankiller – first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
- Nina Otero-Warren – a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement and the first woman superintendent of Santa Fe public schools
- Anna May Wong – first Chinese American film star in Hollywood
Look for these quarters in your change. Or shop online and subscribe to this groundbreaking program to sign up to receive all four annual installments as they become available. Limited quantities will be produced, so subscribe today to ensure you receive a complete collection!
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