“As a member of the U.S. Semiquinentennial Commission, I am thrilled to see us take steps to prepare for the celebration of our 250th Independence Day and especially excited to ensure that celebration includes not just the founding fathers we so often think of, but more diverse contributions made to our nation’s founding. Their leadership, stories, and sacrifices are going to inspire generations of women to come.” “I am happy that we were able to work together in a bipartisan, bicameral way to pass this legislation,” said Senator Fischer. “These coins will pay tribute to the women heroes and trailblazers who have played a major role in our nation’s history. From business boardrooms to research labs to state legislatures, like Nevada’s first majority-women legislature, this bill recognizes the decades of contributions women have made and will make to our shared history.” Mint’s Semiquincentennial, we are recognizing our history and inspiring future generations of young women to dream big. And by ensuring that prominent women are featured in the U.S. “I’m proud to see this legislation honoring the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and recognizing the many American women who have contributed to the fight for suffrage and civil rights, science, government, and the arts pass the House of Representatives,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “While our nation still has steps to take in honoring the right to vote for women of color, the 19th Amendment has firmly established every woman’s right to vote for the last 100 years and has brought women into the halls of power across our country. As we commemorate women’s suffrage and celebrate the first series of coins in the package to depict prominent American women, it is also my hope that diverse American women will be chosen and depicted, celebrating our nation’s leaders, thinkers, and innovators.” This bill’s passage also coincides with the centennial of the 19th Amendment which gave some women the right to vote,” said Congresswoman Lee. “When women gathered in Seneca Falls in July 1848, it was to give white women the right to vote – no Black women were invited to participate. This bill is an important step in recognizing the contributions women have made in furthering civil rights and making our country a more equitable place. “Women have played a critical role in shaping this country since its founding but have often been excluded or gone unrecognized. Additionally, from 2027-2030, quarter dollars will commemorate sports played by American youth and half-dollar commemorating Paralympic sports. This bill allows for the issuance of five different designs emblematic of the United States’ Semiquincentennial, including one dedicated to the contributions made by women to our nation’s founding or a monumental moment in American History. The 114th Congress created a United States Semiquincentennial Commission to facilitate activities in 2026 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. This series will also include women from ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds. The design on the reverse of those quarters will represent prominent American women in a range of fields, including but not limited to suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, and humanities. The first series of quarters in this program commemorates the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting some women the right to vote. Mint to mint and issue new quarter-dollar coins. 1923, the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 allows the Department of the Treasury and U.S. – Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) today joined Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) in celebrating their bipartisan legislation, the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, being signed into law. JanuCoin Redesign Act Celebrating Prominent American Women and Others Signed into Law
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