This week, the United States Mint announced aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman’s addition to the American Women Quarters Program.
Coleman, who became the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license—and had to travel to Europe to get it—will be featured on the back of the U.S. quarter that will be available in 2023. Four other pioneering women—Jovita Idar, Edith Kanaka‘ole, Maria Tallchief, and Eleanor Roosevelt—will also have their likenesses on quarters next year.
