US Poet Maya Angelou and Astronaut Sally Ride Will Be the First Women Honored on Series of Quarters

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Can see my pocket change container spitting out a quarter with their likenesses., should I get any. Nominated The Fabulous Moolah to be on a coin. Why not.

Poet Maya Angelou and Astronaut Sally Ride Will Be the First Women Honored on Series of Quarters​


Jen Juneau
Mon, May 10, 2021, 7:57 AM


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Ken Charnock/Getty; NASA/Interim Archives/Getty Maya Angelou (L); Dr. Sally Ride

The U.S. Mint is honoring 20 trailblazing women on a new series of quarters, starting with Maya Angelou and Dr. Sally Ride.

The poet and the NASA astronaut will be the first two women featured on the back of the coins, which are debuting in January and will continue in circulation through 2025 as part of the American Women Quarters Program.

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee said in a statement that "for too long, many of the women who have contributed to our country's history have gone unrecognized, especially women of color."

She added that Angelou and Ride "paved the way for many who came after them and inspired young women to carry on their legacy."

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United States Mint Dr. Sally Ride quarter
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United States Mint Maya Angelou quarter

The U.S. Mint announced Ride and Angelou as the first honorees in April, saying the coins' heads "will continue to feature a likeness of George Washington designed in a manner to distinguish it from the current image."

The group also encouraged those wishing to nominate women to be featured on the quarters to do so via a web portal form set up by the National Women's History Museum.

Tam O'Shaughnessy, Ride's life partner (Sally was a carpetmuncher) and co-founder of Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego, previously said in an April statement that Ride, the first American woman in space, who died in 2012 at age 61, "would be so moved by this great honor."

"It's especially fitting that it comes during the 20th-anniversary celebration for Sally Ride Science," O'Shaughnessy added. "This tribute reflects Sally's legacy not only as a trailblazing astronaut but also as a champion of diversity and inclusion in STEM fields."




 
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Sally Ride, as I understand was a great person in addition to the things she did in her career, and deserves to be remembered and celebrated.

Maya Angelou wrote mediocre to good poetry. Those aren’t on the same level.
 
Based and redpilled. Ride was a pioneer for women for the STEM field, while Angelou showed people that being a black woman wasn't enough to keep her quiet or stupid. She's a renowned poet/author for good reason. Godspeed ladies.
 
Good for Sally Ride. She worked her ass off.

Maya Angelou has always been a literary hack. Thanks to her we now have to suffer through the dark ages of spoken word poetry. If they had to choose a black female poet, it should have been Gwendolyn Brooks.
 
Soaring prices on everything, a failing economy, missile exchanges in the Middle East? None of that matters, look at the shiny! LOOK AT IT!
 
Maya is probably the only black woman they could think off. Getting raped as a child is something whitey loves to celebrate. She was a saph as well. Zora Neale Hurston they're not so interested in.

Sally Rides is also a saph. Coincidentally.
 

“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."​


Not gonna lie, I LOVE that quote.
 
I know women are generally worthless but in 250 years of American history they couldn't find someone who accomplished something more significant than writing a bunch of shitty poems?
 
They should have invented a 3/5ths of a dollar coin just for Angelou
 
The only reason anybody knows about Maya Angelou are the shitty poems in middle school English textbooks that we skipped over.
 
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