Just yesterday the US mint has announced that the public can submit which famous woman can be on one of their circulating quarters replacing the America the beautiful quarters (also the date would switch back to Washington’s side last seen on the 1932-1998 eagle back quarters). From 2022-2025 the US mint would issue these quarters then after the US Semiquincentennial in 2026 it would move on to Youth sports from 2027-2030.
link below https://abc7news.com/society/us-mint-wants-you-to-help-choose-women-for-new-quarters/10613840/?traffic_source=Connatix
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Women_quarters
My ideas
Dr sally ride (1951-2012) Astronaut the first American in space.
Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994) Wife of John F Kennedy.
Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986) Teacher and astronaut that died in the Challenger disaster.
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) greatest female screen legends from Hollywood in the golden era.
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) Singer and civil rights activist.
Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) American abolitionist and political activist.
More will be added soon.
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First 2 have already been chosen, Maya Angelou (civil rights activist, poet and award-winning author) and Dr. Sally Ride (first American woman in space).
Quote: "rsirian1"First 2 have already been chosen, Maya Angelou (civil rights activist, poet and award-winning author) and Dr. Sally Ride (first American woman in space).
My list is just my personal ideas of the women I think should appear on the quarters.
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
Quote: "rsirian1"First 2 have already been chosen, Maya Angelou (civil rights activist, poet and award-winning author) and Dr. Sally Ride (first American woman in space).
My list is just my personal ideas of the women I think should appear on the quarters.
Yes, I gathered that when you started it off with "My ideas."
I’ve already submitted one and would submit several others over the next few days.
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
I'd nominate: Sarah Winnemucca (Born ~1844), the daughter and granddaughter of Northern Paiute chiefs — learned English and Spanish as a child, in addition to three Indian dialects. Served as an interpreter at Fort McDermitt and then on the Malheur Reservation in the 1870's. Winnemucca, decided to advocate for Native American land rights and other systemic improvements, since she's seen how Native Americans were at the mercy of sometimes corrupt reservation agents. She met with President Rutherford B Hayes in Washington, D.C. in 1880, and she also became the first Native American woman to produce a published book, Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (1883). The work included powerful statements such as: “For shame! For shame! You dare to cry out Liberty, when you hold us in places against our will, driving us from place to place as if we were beasts.”
Susan La Flesche, born 1865, grew up on the Omaha reservation. During her childhood, she saw a white doctor refuse to treat an ailing American Indian woman. This spurred La Flesche to become a physician herself. In 1889, she was the first female Native American to earn a medical degree in the United States. She took care of about 1,300 patients who suffered from ailments that included tuberculosis, diphtheria and influenza. A worn-down La Flesche had left this position by 1894, though she continued to see patients in private practice and served as a medical missionary.
Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and her husband just wanted their children to have more opportunities in life, so the Alaska Natives—both Tlingit—moved from the small town of Klawock to the state capital of Juneau. But according to Indian Country Today, they found Native people were not welcome there. In addition to being unable to own homes in nice neighborhoods, or to enroll their children in public schools, Native people encountered “No Natives Allowed” signs almost everywhere they went and were kept out of many public spaces, including some hotels, restaurants, and movie theaters.
Called to action, Peratrovich petitioned Alaska Governor Ernest Gruening to introduce the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. The first of its kind in an American territory or state, the groundbreaking law prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and facilities. Peratrovich also played a critical role in the law’s passage, providing powerful testimony before the State Senate at a hearing to determine the legislation’s fate.
Quote: "ngdawa"I'd nominate:
Sarah Winnemucca (Born ~1844),
Susan La Flesche, born 1865,
Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich.
Very interesting.
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
