The America the Beautiful program concluded earlier in 2021 with the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site coin.
The quarter dollar series, which succeeds the America the Beautiful Quarters Program is authorized under provisions of the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, Public Law 116-330.
Mint announced April 1 on the Federal Register online that the CCAC would review submissions April 20 for the common obverse design for the American Women Quarters Program (2022–2025) and candidates for reverse designs for the 2022 American Women quarter dollars.
Proposed designs for the first of the circulating quarter dollar series specifically legislated to bear designs reflecting the achievements of women are to be reviewed by the Commission of Fine Arts and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.