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Dec 06, 1927 Paia, Hawaii, United States Died on 28 Sep 2002 (aged 74)
American politician
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About Patsy Mink
- Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink (December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S.
- state of Hawaii.
- Mink was a third generation Japanese American and member of the Democratic Party.
- She also was the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. Mink served in the U.S.
- House of Representatives for a total of 12 terms, representing Hawaii's at-large and second congressional districts.
- While in Congress she was noted for co-authoring the Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act.Mink was the first non-white woman and the first Asian American woman elected to Congress.
- She was also the first woman elected to Congress from the state of Hawaii, and became the first Asian-American to seek the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party in the 1972 election, where she stood in the Oregon primary as an anti-war candidate.
- From 1978 to 1981, Mink served as the president of Americans for Democratic Action.
