The Queen of Salsa and Cuban icon Celia Cruz has become the first Afro-Latina to appear on U.S. currency as part of the American Women Quarters Program.
The U.S. Mint selected five women for the program’s 2024 coinage aimed at honoring the achievements and services of American women.
The other women chosen were Patsy Takemoto Mink, who was the first woman of color to serve in Congress; Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, who was a Civil War-era surgeon, women’s rights advocate and abolitionist; Pauli Murray, a poet, writer, activist, lawyer and Episcopal priest, as well as a strong advocate for civil rights, and Zitkala-Ša, also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, a writer, songwriter, educator and political activist for the rights of Native Americans.
Source: ABC News
