Maya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman on a US Quarter

Phenomenal Woman

An activist, Author, and Poet who left an immeasurable mark on the world and on society.

Every woman should be celebrating Maya Angelou’s legacy that is now printed on every 25-cent coin as a reminder of her greatness. The writer and poet has become the first Black woman to have her likeness depicted on the quarter which is the first in a series of coins commemorating pioneering American women that began shipping this week.

Janet Yellen, who is the US first female treasury secretary shared the honor in a statement that read: 

“Each time we redesign our currency, we have the chance to say something about our country –

what we value, and how we’ve progressed as a society.”

The treasury also released a first look at the coin. 

We love it everything about this, period.