American Women Quarters 2022 Ornament - Nina Otero Warren
Nina Otero Warren Quarter is the fourth coin in the American Women Quarters™ program. Nina Otero-Warren was a leader of the New Mexico suffrage movement and the first woman to be superintendent of Santa Fe public schools.
Otero-Warren emphasized the need to use the Spanish language in the fight for suffrage to reach Hispanic women. He also led the lobbying effort to ratify the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.
Otero-Warren strove to improve education for all New Mexicans and worked to promote bicultural education and preserve cultural practices among the state's Hispanic and Native American communities.
In 1921, she became the first Hispanic woman to run for Congress, although she was defeated in the general election.
Characteristics
The obverse displays a portrait of George Washington, originally composed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser to commemorate George Washington's 200th birthday. A recommended design for the 1932 quarter, then Treasury Secretary Mellon ultimately selected John Flanagan's familiar design.
The reverse features an image of Nina Otero-Warren on the left, flanked by three individual yucca flowers, the state flower of New Mexico.
Obverse Enrollments
- LIBERTY
- IN GOD WE TRUST
- 2022
Reverse Enrollments
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- QUARTER DOLLAR
- E PLURIBUS UNUM
- NINA OTERO-WARREN
- VOTO PARA LA MUJER, the Spanish counterpart for the suffragist slogan “Votes for Women”
Specifications
| Composition
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Weight
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Diameter |
Thickness
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edge
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No. of Reeds
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Cupro-Nickel
8.33% Nickel
Balance Copper
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5,670g |
24mm.
24.26mm
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1.75mm |
Reeded |
119 |
