Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patsy inkbecame the first Asian American woman and first woman of color to be elected to the US House of Representatives. Her ...

KAHULUI — Maui-born and raised activist and politician Patsy Takemoto Mink taught women and girls everywhere to stand up for their beliefs and rights, even if it means standing alone. Those lessons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink, a four-term Member of Congress from Hawaii in 1972, played a pivotal role in developing and ...

She was born Patsy Matsu takemoto, in Paia, Maui, on December 6, 1927. The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 changed her life overnight. In the wake of the bombing, she and her family encountered racial ...

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U.S. Rep. Patsy T. Mink, of Hawaii, the ranking Democrat on a House of Representatives panel with jurisdiction over student-aid programs, died in Honolulu on Saturday. Ms. Mink was a strong supporter ...