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The American Women quarters program is a series of quarters featuring notable women in U.S. history, commemorating the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1] The United States Mint is issuing five designs each year from 2022 to 2025 for 20 total designs. One woman will be honored on the reverse of each coin, selected for "contributions to the United States in a wide spectrum of accomplishments and fields, including but not limited to suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and arts."[2] The obverse depicts George Washington with a new design.[3] Most of the women featured have been from ethnic minority groups.[4][5]
United States | |
| Value | 25 cents (0.25 US dollars) |
|---|---|
| Mass | 5.67 g (standard) 6.34 g (silver proof) g |
| Diameter | 24.26 mm (0.955 in) |
| Thickness | 1.75 mm (0.069 in) |
| Edge | 119 reeds |
| Composition | 91.67% Cu 8.33% Ni (standard) 99.9% Ag (silver proof) |
| Years of minting | 2022–2025 |
| Obverse | |
| |
| Design | George Washington |
| Designer | Laura Gardin Fraser |
| Design date | 1931 |
| Reverse | |
 | |
| Design | Various; up to five designs per year (inaugural design shown) |
| Designer | Various |
The program was authorized by the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, sponsored by Representatives Barbara Lee and Anthony Gonzalez.[6] The original proposal was for 56 quarters, honoring one woman from each state and territory,[7] but with a set of circulating coins intended to be released in 2026 for the United States Semiquincentennial, it was amended to be shorter. One of the five quarters in that set will also feature a woman.[1] It replaced an alternative proposal of quarters featuring animals or endangered species.[8] It will be followed in 2027–2030 with a series depicting youth sports.[9]
In addition to circulating coins, the series is also minted as a silver proof set.[10]
It succeeds the America the Beautiful quarters and Washington Crossing the Delaware quarter. Some coin collectors were critical of the "seemingly unending" proposal to continue to issue five new quarter designs every year for a third decade.[11] Many numismatists are more interested in redesigns of other denominations and less frequent releases.[12]
Laura Gardin Fraser's portrait of George Washington, which was originally submitted in 1931, was selected by the Commission of Fine Arts and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee to appear on the obverse of the American Women quarters. The right-facing bust had been used for the 1999 George Washington half eagle for the 200th anniversary of Washington's death.[13]
The United States Secretary of the Treasury selects the women featured for the series in consultation with the Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History Initiative, the National Women's History Museum, and the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues. Recommendations for women honorees were solicited from the public in 2021.[14][15]
Honorees featured in 2022 are:[16]
Honorees featured in 2023 are:[27]
Honorees featured in 2024 are:[34]
Honorees to be featured in 2025 are:[41]
| Year | No. | Woman | Design | Elements depicted | Artist(s) | Release date | Mintage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sculptor
(Medallic Artist) |
Designer
(Artistic Infusion Program) |
Denver | Philadelphia | San Francisco | Total | ||||||
| 2022[16] | 1 | Maya Angelou | |
Angelou with her arms outstretched, in front of a flying bird and sunrise.[42] | Craig Campbell | Emily Damstra | January 3, 2022[43] | 258,200,000 | 237,600,000 | 303,480 | 496,103,480 |
| 2 | Sally Ride |  |
Ride next to a Space Shuttle window, with Earth in the background.[44] | Phebe Hemphill | Elana Hagler | March 22, 2022 | 278,000,000 | 275,200,000 | 304,000 | 553,504,000 | |
| 3 | Wilma Mankiller |  |
Mankiller wearing a shawl, by a seven-pointed Cherokee Nation star and ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ("Cherokee Nation" in Cherokee syllabary).[45] | Benjamin Sowards | June 6, 2022 | 296,800,000 | 310,000,000 | 304,680 | 607,104,680 | ||
| 4 | Nina Otero-Warren |  |
Otero-Warren with three Yucca flowers and the Spanish inscription Voto para la mujer (Vote for Women).[46] | Craig Campbell | Chris Costello | August 15, 2022 | 219,200,000 | 225,000,000 | 305,560 | 444,505,560 | |
| 5 | Anna May Wong |  |
Wong surrounded by marquee lights.[47] | John P. McGraw | Emily Damstra | October 25, 2022 | 240,800,000 | 226,800,000 | 303,080 | 467,903,080 | |
| 2023[27] | 6 | Bessie Coleman |  |
Coleman in leather flying helmet looking into the clouds toward a flying biplane. The inscription "6.15.1921" is the date she received her international pilot's license.[48] | Eric David Custer | Chris Costello | January 3, 2023 | 317,200,000 | 302,000,000 | TBD | 619,200,000 |
| 7 | Edith Kanakaʻole |  |
Kanakaʻole, with her hair and lei poʻo (head lei) blending into a Hawaiian landscape. The inscription "E hō mai ka ʻike" translates to "granting the wisdom" and refers to the role of hula and chants in cultural preservation. This design features the denomination shown as "25¢" instead of "Quarter Dollar" used on all other previous designs.[49] | Renata Gordon | Emily Damstra | March 27, 2023 | 368,600,000 | 372,800,000 | TBD | 741,400,000 | |
| 8 | Eleanor Roosevelt |  |
Roosevelt stands by the scales of justice in front of a representation of the globe, above the inscription "Universal Declaration of Human Rights".[50] | Craig Campbell | Don Everhart | June 5, 2023 | 271,800,000 | 284,000,000 | TBD | 555,800,000 | |
| 9 | Jovita Idar |  |
Idar standing with her hands clasped. Her body is made up of inscriptions representing her accomplishments and the newspapers for which she wrote.[51] | John P. McGraw | August 14, 2023 | 184,800,000 | 190,600,000 | TBD | 378,600,000 | ||
| 10 | Maria Tallchief |  |
Maria Tallchief spotlit in balletic pose. Her Osage name, 𐓏𐓘𐓸𐓮𐓟-𐓍𐓪͘𐓬𐓘, which translates to "Two Standards", is written in the Osage script.[52] | Joseph Menna | Benjamin Sowards | October 23, 2023 | 184,800,000 | 185,800,000 | TBD | 370,600,000 | |
| 2024[34] | 11 | Pauli Murray |  |
Portrait of Rev. Dr. Murray inside the word "HOPE," with the quotation "A song in a weary throat," from her poem "Dark Testament."[53] | Joseph Menna | Emily Damstra | February 1, 2024 | 185,500,000 | 168,400,000 | 400,000 | 354,200,000 |
| 12 | Patsy Mink |  |
Mink standing outside the Capitol holding a copy of Title IX and wearing a lei, with legend "Equal Opportunity in Education"[54] | John P. McGraw | Beth Zaiken | March 25, 2024 | 187,200,000 | 210,200,000 | TBD | 397,400,000 | |
| 13 | Mary Edwards Walker |  |
Dr. Walker wearing her Medal of Honor.[55] | Phebe Hemphill | June 3, 2024 | 159,400,000 | 141,200,000 | TBD | 300,600,000 | ||
| 14 | Celia Cruz |  |
Cruz performing with a microphone, with her catchphrase “¡AZÚCAR!” ("Sugar!)[56] | Phebe Hemphill | August 12, 2024 | 156,200,000 | 149,600,000 | TBD | 305,800,000 | ||
| 15 | Zitkala-Ša |  |
Zitkala-Ša in traditional Yankton Sioux dress and holding a book. A stylized sun represents her Sun Dance Opera, while a red cardinal symbolizes her name, which means “Red Bird.” A Yankton Sioux-inspired diamond pattern sits underneath the sun.[57] | Renata Gordon | Don Everhart | October 21, 2024 | 2,400,000 | 2,600,000 | TBD | 5,000,000 | |
| 2025[41] | 16 | Ida B. Wells | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 17 | Juliette Gordon Low | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| 18 | Vera Rubin | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| 19 | Stacey Milbern | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| 20 | Althea Gibson | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
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