Although coin designs should represent a country’s values and culture, women are historically under-represented on American coins. Since then, there have been very few other coins celebrating women. It was almost 100 years later, in 1979, that the first U.S.
In 1893, Queen Isabella of Spain became the first woman featured on a United States coin, the Queen Isabella Commemorative Quarter. Watch this video to explore the history of women on U.S.
