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Money is power. But who's on our money - or isn\u2019t - can be just as powerful. While Lady Liberty has graced American coins and dollars for most of our history, it wasn\u2019t until the 1970s that a real woman appeared on a circulating American coin. But that's about to change. Congress recently authorized the creation of twenty new quarters featuring American women from history. But how do we decide whose likeness gets engraved in our national story? And who makes these decisions? We\u2019ll follow the money to find out.

Guests:

Jennifer\xa0Schneider,\xa0former program manager at Smithsonian American Women\u2019s History Museum, current assistant registrar of outgoing and government loans at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Tey Marianna Nunn, former director of the American Women\u2019s History Initiative at the Smithsonian American Women\u2019s History Museum, current associate director for content and interpretation at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of the American Latino

Ellen Feingold, curator of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History

Joseph Menna, chief engraver at the United States Mint

Tim Grant, public affairs manager at the United States Mint

Dave Clark, supervisor of blanking annealing and upsetting at the United States Mint