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Silent film era movie star Anna May Wong will become the first Asian American to feature on US currency when quarters issued by the US Mint ship on Monday.
Anna May Wong was a third-generation Asian American who appeared in more than 60 movies and was one of the first Chinese-American film stars in Hollywood.
Hailed as an 'actress of transcendent talent' and a 'great beauty,' her four-decade career spanned sound film, television, stage, and radio.
The new coin commemorating her life and career is the fifth in a series by the Mint honoring notable American women.
It will feature Wong on one side and President George Washington on the other.
The move celebrates her successful career but also highlights the hardships she faced as the first of her kind in an industry that is notoriously hard to penetrate.
Anna May Wong in the 1931 film Daughter of the Dragon after her hiatus from Hollywood
Anna May Wong is the first Asian American to feature on a US currency
The move to put Wong on the new quarter commemorates not only her career but also draws attention to the hardships she faced in Hollywood
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