Chief Wilma Mankiller of the Cherokee Nation, photographed in 1992. In 1996, she returned to her life as an activist. Credit: Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Behind the scenes ...

Who is Wilma Mankiller and why did Mattel make ... saying she was "a tireless advocate for social justice." Mankiller dedicated her life to fighting for Native American and women's rights.

A new quarter released on Monday celebrates a legendary figure who spent her life advocating for Indigenous people. Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation ...

The Wilma Mankiller quarter is the third coin released ... She said the experience was life-changing, in that it led her to accept what she called a Cherokee approach to life.

The first quarters featuring Wilma Mankiller went into circulation Monday ... s accomplishments — and a new way to share her life’s work with younger generations. Mankiller died in 2010 ...

In 1992, Wilma Mankiller gave the commencement address ... an apt description for a woman who devoted much of her adult life to the tribe. “Even in my own community I have heard people talk ...

Wilma Mankiller is a champion for the Cherokee Nation ... but I will miss her every day of my life," honored Steinem. The Inspiring Women series, launched in 2018, features dolls in the likeness ...

Wilma Mankiller taught her daughter that being angry ... yet having to deal with the lost time and side-effects. "I want quality of life or none," she said. She focused on getting a donor kidney.

The Cherokee Nation has marked the four-year anniversary of the Wilma P. Mankiller and Charlie Soap Water Act with a $23.8 million investment. The investment will go towards water improvements to ...