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28 de sept. de 2002 · Cemetery Name: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Patsy Matsu Takemoto was born in Pā‘ia, Hawai‘i Territory on the island of Maui on December 6, 1927. Her parents, Suematsu and Mitama Takemoto, were second-generation Japanese immigrants. Hawai‘i became a U.S. territory in 1900 but was not admitted as a state until 1959.
Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink dite Patsy Mink (en japonais 竹本まつ (Takemoto Matsu?)), née le 6 décembre 1927 à Paia et morte le 28 septembre 2002 à Honolulu, est une avocate et une femme politique américaine, membre du Parti démocrate.
10 de jun. de 2022 · A portrait of Patsy Mink, the first woman of color in the House and the first Asian American women elected to Congress, will hang in the U.S. Capitol.
1 de dic. de 2023 · Patsy Mink's life of public service and activism beginning in the 1950s, and her role in key legislative action extending to her death in 2002, provide an opportunity to examine movements for racial justice, gender equality, and protection of the environment, adding new understanding to pivotal moments in American history, including the origins of such legislation as Title IX.
Patsy Mink was an American politician and civil rights leader who made significant contributions to the advancement of women's rights and the cause of social justice. Born in Hawaii in 1927, Mink was the first woman of color elected to the US Congress and served in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1977, and again from 1990 to 2002.
30 de nov. de 2023 · Years later, Mink's work to regulate strip mining led to vitriolic attacks, including an alleged assassination attempt on her life ordered by the president of a coal company. Such vicious criticism was undoubtedly demoralizing and even terrifying, but there is no evidence that it was ever effective in silencing Patsy Mink.
Patsy Mink, U. S. Congresswoman (Democrat, HI), Quoted in Ms., October 1981. Mink served on the Committee on Education and Labor where she introduced the first childcare bill and sponsored legislation on bilingual education, student loans, special education, sabbaticals, and the Head Start program. She dedicated time to a Comprehensive Child ...
