Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Treasurer Lynn Malerba on Thursday became the first female pair to sign U.S. currency.
Yellen joked during a stop in Texas about the bad handwriting of some of her predecessors and said, “I will admit, I spent some quality time practicing my signature.”
“Two women on the currency for the first time is truly momentous,” added Malerba, who traveled with Yellen to a Bureau of Engraving and Printing facility in Forth Worth to provide their signatures.
They ceremonially signed fresh sheets of bills in $1 and $5 denominations and posed with samples to mark the history-making moment. The new notes will go into circulation next year.
Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen's signature on a just printed sheet of bills during a visit to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's (BEP) Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 8, 2022. LM Otero/AP Photo
