The first Asian American to feature on US money will be Anna May Wong.

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Wong's picture will appear on quarters all around the country starting on Monday.

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Wong', Hollywood's first Asian American movie star appeared in more than 60 films.

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Wong was said to as "a fearless crusader who championed for more representation

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and more multi-dimensional parts for Asian American performers

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In a news statement regarding the coin by the director of the US Mint, Ventris Gibson.

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The quarter is the fifth design in the American Women Quarters Program.

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Which honours female pioneers on coins.

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Previous designs honoured the suffragist Nina Otero-Warren, Maya Angelou, Wilma Mankille,

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astronaut Sally Ride, and activist and poet Maya Angelou.

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