The activist, who lived in San Antonio and is buried on the South Side, is the second Latina to be featured in the American Women Quarters Program.
Journalist and activist Jovita Idár sits for a portrait circa 1905 in Garcia Studio. Idár's legacy will be commemorated on a U.S. quarter.The contributions of late Mexican American activist and journalist Jovita Idár will be honored this fall on a quarter as part of the American Women Quarters Program. She is the ninth woman honored in the program and its second Latina figure to be featured on a quarter.
The figure on the quarter displays a 1905 studio portrait of Idár in a high-neck blouse popular during the Victorian Era, her hands clasped. Inscriptions represent the newspapers for which she wrote and her accomplishments: “Astria,” one of her pen names; “Mexican American Rights, La Liga Femenil Mexicanista, El Heraldo Cristiano, La Cruz Blanca, teacher.”
and Centro de Artes Sunday at 1 p.m., where the public can hear the debut of a “corrido” about Idár by Gino Rivera and see original choreography by the Guadalupe Dance Company. Idár worked for at least four Spanish-language publications, and started at least two publications, said Tey Nunn, director of the Smithsonian’s American Women’s History Initiative.
The United States Mint created the special coin as part of its new four-year program featuring the “tails” design emblems highlighting the accomplishments and contributions of prominent American women.became the first Hispanic Latina to be featured on a quarter for her leadership in New Mexico’s suffragist moment and as the first female superintendent of the Santa Fe public schools. Cuban singer Celia Cruz will be featured in 2024.
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