These Five Trailblazing American Women Will Be Featured on Quarters in 2025

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To select its honorees, the Mint asked for nominations from the public. The Secretary of the Treasury then narrowed down the list in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s American Women’s History Initiative, the National Women’s History Museum and the Congressional Bipartisan Women’s Caucus.

“We started with quarters in 2022, and we’ve been doing five women a year,” Kristie McNally, the Mint’s deputy director, tells WJLA-TV’s “Good Morning Washington.” “This is our last year. This is the last five women that we’re highlighting, so we’re super excited.”