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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.
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
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...
28 de sept. de 2002 · Learn about Patsy Mink, the first woman of color and Asian American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and her achievements in civil rights, education, and gender equality. Explore her life story, from her birth in Hawai‘i to her posthumous re-election in 2002.
26 de ago. de 2022 · August 26, 2022. Title IX at 50. She was born in what was then the territory of Hawaii, on December 6, 1927—a third-generation Japanese American who grew up in plantation society. She demanded to go to school when her brother matriculated, passionately pursuing an education even when she encountered racial and class hierarchies in ...
