The US Mint just released a new quarter honoring Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to lead the Cherokee Nation.
This year, the U.S. mint is releasing a collection of quarters featuring trailblazing American women.
The latest one is Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee nation and the first woman to lead a major Native American nation in the U.S. During her three-year run, she tripled the tribe’s enrollment, doubled employment and was integral in launching new housing, health centers and children’s programs in Oklahoma.The U.S. Mint has already started shipping the quarters out for circulation.She joins poet, writer and activist Maya Angelou and astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
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