25 cents 2022 3rd. Wilma Mankiller - First female chief of the Cherokee Nation

25 cents (quarter) 2022 3rd in Women of America - Wilma Mankiller is the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Wilma Mankiller is the first female chief of the Cherokee tribe.
In her three terms as Chief Chief, Wilma Mankiller was able to revive the Cherokee Nation. Thanks to her work, it was possible to triple the size of the tribe, reduce unemployment. New houses and medical centers were also built. Under her leadership, infant mortality has declined and the level of education has risen.
In 1993, Wilma Mankiller was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. And in 1998, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Obverse: Center right depicts a portrait of President George Washington right (portrait originally drawn and sculpted by Laura Hardin Fraser. This was the recommended design for the 1932 Washington Bicentennial Quarter, but then-Treasury Secretary Mellon ultimately chose John Flanagan's design, facing left). At the top, the word LIBERTY (LIBERTY) is minted in a semicircle, on the right in several lines - IN GOD / WE / TRUST (WE BELIEVE IN GOD) and the letter of the mint.

Reverse: Wilma Mankiller is depicted in the center with a determined look to the future. The wind is blowing at her back, and she is wrapped in a traditional Indian shawl. To the right of it is the seven-pointed star of the Cherokee people. In the center in three lines are the inscriptions: "WILMA MANKILLER / PRINCIPAL CHIEF / Wilma's name in the Cherokee language, position. At the bottom, the US motto and the denomination of the coin are minted: "E PLURIBUS UNUM QUARTER DOLLAR". At the top, the name of the issuing country is minted in a semicircle: "UNATED STATES OF AMERICA"

Release date: 06/14/2022.