Cuban American artist Celia Cruz will be the first Latina singer to feature as part of the American Women Quarters Program, the US Mint has announced
Music legend Cruz, known as the Queen of Salsa, will be honored along with four others by appearing on a quarter in 2024."celebrates the achievements and contributions of America's women," according to the Mint.Pilot Bessie Coleman was recognized on a quarter in 2022.
Zitkala-Ša, also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, a writer, composer, educator, and political activist who championed Native Americans' right to American citizenship and other civil rights long denied to them.
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