Patsy Mink

PatsyMink

female, deceased (2002) (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)
University of Hawaii alumni, opponent of the Vietnam War, PatsyMatsuTakemotoMink, Second Congressional District of Hawaii, Assistant United States Secretary of State, Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act
Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink was an American politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a Japanese American and member of the Democratic...

PatsyMatsuTakemotoMink

 (Paia)
married, Hawaii State Representative, first Asian American woman elected to Congress, born in Paia on the island of Maui, posthumously re-elected to Congress, raised by her parents
Mink, the first Asian American elected to Congress, served 12 terms in Congress, beginning in 1965. She helped draft and win passage of Title IX in...