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Patsy Matsu Mink (née Takemoto; Japanese: 竹本 マツ, December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. She served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic Party , initially from 1965 to 1977, and again from 1990 until ...
Patsy Mink was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Asian-American woman to serve in Congress. Read more at womenshistory.org.
13 de may. de 2024 · Patsy Takemoto Mink (born December 6, 1927, Paia, Hawaii—died September 8, 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.) was an American politician who was the first Asian American woman, and the second woman from Hawaii, to be elected to the U.S. Congress.
Mink recognized the intersections of oppression, and her fight for education equity included and centered disabled students, low-income students, and students of color. What Patsy Mink Made Possible: Title IX at 50 | National Women's History Museum
1 de jun. de 2022 · Patsy Takemoto Mink, who was rejected from more than a dozen medical schools because she was a woman and then faced discrimination as a practicing lawyer, devoted her life to advocating for...
8 de mar. de 2024 · Known as a powerful speaker, Mink, JD’51, passed key legislation that changed the country A principled politician: The story of Patsy Mink, the first woman of color elected to Congress | University of Chicago News
30 de nov. de 2023 · Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress. By Judy Tsu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink. New York: New York University Press, 2022. ix + 437 pp. Illustrated.
