"4th coin in the American Women Quarters program: Nina Otero-Warren"
Nina Otero-Warren (1881-1965) was a leader in New Mexico's suffrage movement and the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools. Otero-Warren emphasized the necessity of using the Spanish language in the suffrage fight in order to reach Hispanic women. She also spearheaded the lobbying effort to ratify the 19th Amendment in New Mexico. Otero-Warren strove to improve education for all New Mexicans, working especially to advance bicultural education and to preserve cultural practices among the state's Hispanic and Native American communities.
Composition: copper-nickel clad copper
Diameter: 24.26 mm
Weight: 5.67 g
Thickness: 1.75 mm
Obverse artist: Laura Gardin Fraser
Reverse artists: Craig Campbell & Chris Costello
(image and information from www.usmint.gov)
LINK: The United States Mint
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