Thursday, October 17, 2024

Question: What Texas-born sculptor is known for designing the portrait of Sacagawea on the U.S. dollar coin introduced in 2000?

Answer: Glenna Goodacre. Born in Lubbock in 1939, she graduated from Colorado College and has an honorary doctorate from Texas Tech University. She lived much of her life in New Mexico, and in 2006, she was appointed to a committee to design that state’s U.S. quarter. Other prominent works by Goodacre include the Irish Memorial in Philadelphia and the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C.