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2025 Honorees

  • Ida B. Wells, Investigative journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist
  • Juliette Gordon Low, Founder of the Girl Scouts organization
  • Dr. Vera Rubin, Astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation
  • Stacey Park Milbern, Activist for people with disabilities
  • Althea Gibson, Multi-sport athlete and first Black athlete to break the color barrier at the highest level in tennis
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2024 Honorees

Coin featuring Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray
Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray Poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopal priest
Coin featuring Patsy Takemoto Mink
Patsy Takemoto Mink First woman of color to serve in Congress
Coin featuring Mary Edwards
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Civil War era surgeon, women’s rights and dress reform advocate
Coin featuring Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz Cuban-American singer, cultural icon, and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century
Coin featuring Zitkala-Ša
Zitkala-Ša Writer, composer, educator, and political activist

2023 Honorees

Coin featuring Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman First African American and first Native American woman licensed pilot
Coin featuring Edith Kanakaʻole
Edith Kanakaʻole Indigenous Hawaiian composer, custodian of native culture and traditions
Coin featuring Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt Leader, reformer, first lady, and author
Coin featuring Jovita Idar
Jovita Idar Mexican-American journalist, activist, teacher, and suffragist
Coin featuring Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief America’s first prima ballerina

2022 Honorees

Coin featuring Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou Celebrated writer, performer, and social activist
Coin featuring Sally Ride
Dr. Sally Ride Physicist, astronaut, educator, and first American woman in space
Coin featuring Wilma Mankiller
Wilma Mankiller First woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
Coin featuring Nina Otero-Warren
Nina Otero-Warren Suffrage leader and the first woman superintendent of Santa Fe public schools
Coin featuring Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong First Chinese American film star in Hollywood
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Smithsonian American Women's History, Because of Her Story

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