US Mint to honor notable American women

By Associated Press

Jun 19, 2021 12:59 am

WASHINGTON: 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 US quarter.

The new four-year American Women Quarters Program celebrates women's accomplishments and contributions to the United States' development and history, according to the US Mint.

In this July 19, 1985 file photo, Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected chief of the Cherokee Nation, poses in front of the tribal emblem at the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. AP PHOTO

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