<h2>About Anna May Wong:</h2>

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	<li>Her birth name was Wong Liu-Tsong.</li>
	<li>She was born to second-generation Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, Wong started her film career at the age of 14 as an extra in&nbsp;The Red Lantern&nbsp;(1919).</li>
	<li>She gained critical acclaim only three years later when she played the leading role in&nbsp;The Toll of the Sea&nbsp;(1922), one of the first Technicolour films.</li>
	<li>She was also the first Asian American leading actor in a television show,&nbsp;The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong&nbsp;(1951).</li>
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<h3>American Women Quarters Program:</h3>

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	<li>The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year program that celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women to the development and history of U.S.A.</li>
	<li>Beginning in 2022, and continuing through 2025, the U.S. Mint will issue up to five new reverse designs each year.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>The American Women Quarters may feature contributions from a variety of fields, suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The women honored will be from ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds.</li>
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Anna May Wong

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Late Hollywood actress and fashion icon Anna May Wong (1905-1961) is set to become the first Asian American to feature on US currency.

About Anna May Wong:

American Women Quarters Program:

Anna May Wong

Overview:

Late Hollywood actress and fashion icon Anna May Wong (1905-1961) is set to become the first Asian American to feature on US currency.

About Anna May Wong:

American Women Quarters Program:

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