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Patsy Matsu Mink (née Takemoto; Japanese: 竹本 マツ, [1] 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 her death in 2002.
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.
Patsy Takemoto Mink (born December 6, 1927, Paia, Hawaii—died September 8, 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.) American politician who was the first Asian American woman, and the second woman from Hawaii, to be elected to the U.S. Congress.
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...
26 de ago. de 2022 · What Patsy Mink Made Possible: Title IX at 50 | National Women's History Museum. By Carmen Rios. 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.
8 de mar. de 2024 · A principled politician: The story of Patsy Mink, the first woman of color elected to Congress | University of Chicago News. Known as a powerful speaker, Mink, JD’51, passed key legislation that changed the country. Photo: U.S. Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink at a press conference in 1971. Photo by David Travis, courtesy of the Chicago Maroon.
28 de sept. de 2002 · Quick Facts. Significance: lawyer, first woman of color and first Asian American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, advocate for education and gender equality. Place of Birth: Pā‘ia, Maui, Hawai‘i. Date of Birth: December 6, 1927. Place of Death: Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Date of Death: September 28, 2002. Place of Burial: Honolulu, Hawai'i.
