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Sally Ride and Nina Otero-Warren to Be 1st Known LGBTQ+ Faces on U.S. Currency

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announced last week that known LGBTQ+ women Sally Ride and Nina Otero-Warren will be two of five featured women to be on quarters in 2022 as part of the mint’s American Women Quarters Program announced earlier this year.Sally Ride was a physicist, astronaut, and educator who became the first woman to travel to space.

After her death, her obituary revealed her 27-year-long relationship with Tam O’Shaughnessy, making Ride also the first known LGBTQ+ person to travel to space.Ride’s coin features the scientist next to a space shuttle’s window.

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