7-The First Women On Money
You know that by now many women have appeared on U.S. coins, but who was the first?
The very first woman to appear on U.S. coins wasn’t even American, but a Spanish queen.
It happened in 1893 when Queen Isabella of Spain was the first lady to be cast on a U.S. coin. Her face was featured on a commemorative coin, but still.
You’ve seen the first woman to appear on a coin, but how about the first woman to appear on a paper money?
Her name was Lady Martha Washington. She was the first women to appear on paper money. Lady Martha Washington was featured on a $1 Silver Certificate in 1886 and 1981.
Since then, only three other women were featured on circulating money: Sacagawea, Susan B. Anthony and Helen Keller.
The first African-American to appear on a paper money was Booker T. Washington.
