“The phenomenal women who shaped American history have gone unrecognized for too long — especially women of color.”

California Rep. Barbara Lee, regarding the American Women Quarters Program, which will feature trailblazing American women, such as Maya Angelou, Sally Ride, Anna May Wong and Wilma Mankiller, over the next four years on the U.S. quarter. The Maya Angelou design is the first quarter of the program and has officially started shipping to banks. Rep. Lee was influential in the introduction of the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, which has helped pave the way for the American Women Quarters Program. (NPR — Jan. 10, 2022)