Eunice Kennedy Shriver Profile to Grace $1 Coin

Eunice Kennedy Shriver will be the first living woman to be honored with a commemorative U.S. coin--for her work in founding the Special Olympics for the disabled.

The Treasury Department said Tuesday that Shriver’s profile will be on a silver dollar that will go on sale in May. There will be about 800,000 coins costing about $35 apiece, with part of the proceeds benefiting the Special Olympics.

Shriver, 73, founded the Special Olympics in 1968. She is the younger sister of the late President John F. Kennedy, and the wife of Sargent Shriver, former Peace Corps director.