Trailblazing Chinese American actress Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American featured on U.S. currency as part of a program that includes notable women on American quarters.
on Monday, will feature President George Washington on one side and Wong on the other.Ventris C. Gibson, director of the U.S. Mint, called Wong"a courageous advocate who championed for increased representation and more multi-dimensional roles for Asian American actors."
“This quarter is designed to reflect the breadth and depth of accomplishments by Anna May Wong, who overcame challenges and obstacles she faced during her lifetime," GibsonWong, whose birth name was Wong Liu Tsong, was born in Los Angeles in 1905 to Chinese immigrants, . She was cast in her first role at 14 as an extra in the film “The Red Lantern” and continued to take on smaller parts until her lead role in “The Toll of the Sea” in 1922.
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