Maya Angelou Quarter Pendant
Maya Angelou: Poet is first black woman on US quarter
Angelou, a poet and activist, was the first black woman to write and perform a poem at a presidential inauguration.
She shot to fame with her ground-breaking autobiography in 1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, about her childhood in the Deep South.
She received dozens of honorary degrees and wrote over 30 bestselling works. In 2010, she was given a Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest US civilian award - by President Barack Obama.
The new quarter depicts Angelou with open and outstretched arms. Behind her is a flying bird and rising sun, which are "inspired by her poetry and symbolic of the way she lived", the US treasury department said.
The front side of the quarter shows the traditional bust of George Washington, the country's first president
Maya Angelou: Poet is first black woman on US quarter
Angelou, a poet and activist, was the first black woman to write and perform a poem at a presidential inauguration.
She shot to fame with her ground-breaking autobiography in 1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, about her childhood in the Deep South.
She received dozens of honorary degrees and wrote over 30 bestselling works. In 2010, she was given a Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest US civilian award - by President Barack Obama.
The new quarter depicts Angelou with open and outstretched arms. Behind her is a flying bird and rising sun, which are "inspired by her poetry and symbolic of the way she lived", the US treasury department said.
The front side of the quarter shows the traditional bust of George Washington, the country's first president
Maya Angelou: Poet is first black woman on US quarter
Angelou, a poet and activist, was the first black woman to write and perform a poem at a presidential inauguration.
She shot to fame with her ground-breaking autobiography in 1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, about her childhood in the Deep South.
She received dozens of honorary degrees and wrote over 30 bestselling works. In 2010, she was given a Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest US civilian award - by President Barack Obama.
The new quarter depicts Angelou with open and outstretched arms. Behind her is a flying bird and rising sun, which are "inspired by her poetry and symbolic of the way she lived", the US treasury department said.
The front side of the quarter shows the traditional bust of George Washington, the country's first president
Each quarter is enhanced with pure silver and 24KT gold with stunning precision and protected with an exclusive Lenscote protection before mounting in gold or silver Stainless Steel rope bezel and chain.
Choice of 16”, 18”, or 20” Rope Chain