Yellen, Malerba become 1st female pair to sign US currency

Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, left, and Treasurer of the United States Chief Lynn Malerba show of money they autographed during a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's (BEP) Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday helped mark a milestone in U.S. history when she held up a newly minted $5 bill signed for the first time ever by two women.

Yellen’s signature will appear alongside that of U.S. Treasurer Lynn Malerba, the first Native American in that position.

Yellen joked during a stop in Texas about the bad handwriting of some of her male 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.

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Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen's signature is shown on five dollar bills during a visit to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's (BEP) Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.

When will the bills go into circulation? 

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.

Who is Janet Yellen?

Yellen made her reputation as a stoic chair of the Federal Reserve and a shrewd forecaster and now is at the forefront of far-flung efforts to use economic levers to help stop Russia’s war in Ukraine, employ tax policy to protect the planet from climate change and oversee a massive effort to strengthen the beleaguered IRS.


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