Celia Cruz thus becomes the fourteenth woman to receive this honor, as part of the American Women Quarters program, which was launched in 2022.
The Cuban-American singer Celia Cruzwho died in 2003, is the first Afro-Latina woman to appear on a coin 25 cent coin minted by the United States Mint, which was presented this Thursday on the institution’s website.
Celia Cruz thus becomes the fourteenth woman to receive this tribute, as part of the American Women Quarters program, which was launched in 2022. Other women who have received this distinction are the writer and activist Maya Angelouthe former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and the Mexican-American journalist Jovita Idar.
What is the coin that pays tribute to Celia Cruz?
The coin features an image of a smiling Celia Cruz with her iconic phrase: “Azúcar!” The other side features an effigy of George Washington, designed by artist Laura Gardin Fraser in 1932 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the first president of the United States.
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The American Women Quarters program will continue until 2025 and has the goal of honoring the advancements and contributions of women to the United States.
The U.S. Embassy in Cuba celebrated the milestone. “Let’s celebrate this historic moment and the legacy of the Queen of Salsa,” it said in a statement released on the X network.
The singer, who went into exile in the United States in 1961 and never returned to Cuba, died on July 16, 2003 in New Jersey, after battling a brain tumor. Her remains are buried in New York.
Source: Ambito
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