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Stacker explored the fascinating lives and achievements of the 20 remarkable women celebrated by the U.S. Mints American Women Quarters Program.

We'll be blunt: Mary Edwards deserves mad respect. She was a feminist and abolitionist; the first female Civil War surgeon in the U.S. Army; and a Civil War POW. Plus she wore pants!

To the editor:

This year’s quarters represent women who may not feature in history books but were equally impactful in shaping American history. 

The U.S. Mint has announced five new women who will be circulated on quarters in 2024 as part of the third year of the American Women Quarters Program. The circulation is an initiative of the U.S. Mint in consultation with the Smithsonian National Women’s History Museum, which was approved by Congress alongside the National Museum of the…

When the Civil War started in 1861, men from all over the country rushed to fight for their respective sides. There was less for women to do, by

Women have always been involved in war efforts, whether sending support from the homefront or fighting alongside men on the frontlines.

For the past 20 years, the Red River Women’s Clinic was the state’s only abortion provider.

World War Two hero Audie Murphy, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and ex-President Dwight Eisenhower are set to have their names used on military bases named after Confederate figures.

Walker described herself as