Trailblazing Movie Star Anna May Wong Will Be the First Asian American to Appear on U.S. Currency
Anna May Wong.Photo: U.S. Mint via Getty, Bettmann Archive/Getty Anna May Wong, considered to be the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, is getting her own quarter. The late star’s quarter, which is set to begin shipping on Oct. 24, is the fifth coin in the United States MintAmerican Women Quarters™ Program, which honors trailblazing women. Wong, whodied in 1961, got the first leading role of her career in the 1922 silent filmThe Toll of the Sea....