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5 days ago · This guide provides context for a selection of digitized materials from the Patsy T. Mink Papers in the Manuscript Division and includes related resources for researching Mink’s life and legacy.
5 days ago · In 2002, following the death of its coauthor, U.S. Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink, Title IX was officially renamed the Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act. Who was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress?
5 days ago · Patsy Takemoto Mink, who personified liberal Democratic politics in Hawai'i and Washington for more than 40 years, died today after battling viral pneumonia for more than a month. She was 74. Congresswoman Patsy Mink died today at Straub Clinic & Hospital.
22 hours ago · In August 1971 polling amid a growing economic crisis, Muskie led Nixon. U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm from Queens announced her candidacy in January 1972, making her the first black candidate to contest a major party’s nomination for President. She was later joined by Patsy Mink, a representative from Hawaii.
5 days ago · U.S. District Judge John Broomes’ order is the latest development in a set of eight lawsuits challenging the Biden administration rule, which explicitly protects LGBTQ+ students and staff from...
5 days ago · Honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander Feminist Trailblazers: Patsy Mink, Merata Mita and Grace Lee Boggs
5 days ago · The Green Party has run a female candidate three times, Cynthia McKinney in 2008 and Jill Stein in 2012 and 2016. Stein is currently the female candidate with the third-most votes in a general election, having received nearly 1.5 million votes in 2016. Prior to the 2020 United States presidential election cycle, only five women throughout ...
