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PREVIOUS HONOREES 2022 Maya Angelou — celebrated writer, performer and social activist Sally Ride — physicist, astronaut, educator and first American woman in space Wilma Mankiller — first

woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation Nina Otero-Warren — suffrage leader and first woman superintendent of the Santa Fe, New Mexico, public schools Anna May Wong — first

Chinese American film star in Hollywood 2023 Bessie Coleman — first African American and Native American woman pilot Edith Kanaka‘ole — Indigenous Hawaiian composer, custodian of Native

culture and traditions Eleanor Roosevelt — first lady, author and civil liberties advocate Jovita Idar — Mexican American journalist, activist, teacher and suffragist Maria Tallchief —

Native American and America’s first prima ballerina WOMEN TO BE HONORED IN 2025 Ida B. Wells — investigative journalist, suffragist and civil rights activist Juliette Gordon Low —

founder of Girl Scouts of the United States of America Vera Rubin — astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation Stacey Park Milbern — activist for people with disabilities Althea Gibson

 — multisport athlete and first Black athlete to break the color barrier at the highest level in tennis _Source:_ United States Mint