The Program
The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year program that celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women of the United States. Beginning in 2022, and continuing through 2025, the U.S. Mint will issue up to five new reverse designs each year. The obverse of each coin will maintain a likeness of George Washington, but is different from the design used during the previous quarter program.The American Women Quarters may feature contributions from a variety of fields, including, but not limited to, suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The women honored will be from ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds.
Observe Design
The obverse of each American Women Quarters coin will feature a portrait of George Washington facing right, originally composed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser. It was the recommended design for the 1932 quarter to mark Washington’s 200th birthday, but then-Treasury Secretary Mellon ultimately selected the left-facing John Flanagan design.
Maya Angelou
Celebrated writer, performer, and social activist
Year: 2022
Dr. Sally Ride
Physicist, astronaut, educator, and first American woman in space
Year: 2022
Wilma Mankiller
First woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
Year: 2022
Nina Otero-Warren
Suffrage leader and the first woman superintendent of Santa Fe public schools
Year: 2022
Anna May Wong
First Chinese American film star in Hollywood
Year: 2022
Bessie Coleman
First African American and first Native American woman licensed pilot
Year: 2023
Edith Kanaka'ole
Indigenous Hawaiian composer, custodian of native culture and traditions
Year: 2023
Eleanor Roosevelt
Leader, reformer, first lady, and author
Year: 2023
Jovita Idar
Mexican-American journalist, activist, teacher, and suffragist
Year: 2023
Maria Tallchief
America’s first prima ballerina
Year: 2023
Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray
Poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopal priest
Year: 2024
Patsy Takemoto Mink
First woman of color to serve in Congress
Year: 2024
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
Civil War era surgeon, women’s rights and dress reform advocate
Year: 2024
Celia Cruz
Cuban-American singer, cultural icon, and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century
Year: 2024
Zitkala-Ša
Writer, composer, educator, and political activist
Year: 2024
Ida B. Wells
Iinvestigative journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist
Year: 2025
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Year: 2025
Dr. Vera Rubin
Astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation
Year: 2025
Stacey Park Milbern
Activist for people with disabilities
Year: 2025
Althea Gibson
Multi-sport athlete and first Black athlete to break the color barrier at the highest level in tennis
Year: 2025
Source: US Mint