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Honoring Chinatown’s Garment Workers
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Patsy Mink Interview
In this 1974 interview with Wendy Ross of the US Information Service, alongside Congresswoman Martha Griffiths, Mink speaks passionately about her bill, the Women’s Educational Equity Act, which she proposed as a curricular companion to Title IX, expanding the vision and dream of women in various professional roles.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 4
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Mink With Daughter Gwendolyn
While Mink dealt with exclusion when applying for medical schools, little would she know that her daughter, Gwendolyn or “Wendy,” (left) would, too, face quotas that capped admission for women. Mink aimed to expand these opportunities.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 4
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“Members Only” Sign
Mink (center) built bridges with many, including Congresswomen Charlotte Reid (left) and Catherine May (right), to advocate for equal opportunity.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 4
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Local Women’s Organizations Celebrate Mink
With her many contributions to the Hawaiian people and the land, a statue of Mink was erected in front of the Hawaiʻi State Library. She continues to be represented by both the American and Hawaiian flag, surrounded by past and present local communities.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 3
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Preparing To Hike Kahoʻolawe
Grassroots activists prepare to survey Kahoʻolawe in 1976. Thanks in part to Mink’s advocacy, Congress finally voted to return the sacred land back to Hawaiʻi and end military testing there in 1993 after decades of sustained resistance.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 3
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Stop The Bombing
The Protect Kahoʻolawe ‘Ohana movement spread as a grassroots and island-led initiative representing Native Hawaiian rights. Together, Mink and the Native activists in Hawai‘i sought to protect the environment from bombing and excessive commercial development.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 3
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Kahoʻolawe Bombing
The movement to stop military testing on Kahoʻolawe became part of a broader movement for Native Hawaiian sovereignty. In the modern era, the 45 square mile area has been dubbed “the most shot island in the world.”
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 3
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Uncle Sam’s Civilization Class
In this depiction, the territories taken over and controlled by the US after the Spanish American War – Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines – are shown as inferior, dark, defiant, barbaric characters reflecting the racism within the pro imperialist perspective.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 3
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Map of Pacific Rim Countries
This map of the US Pacific and the Caribbean shows the dates in which the US acquired territories.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 3
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Patsy Mink for President
In 1972, Mink became one of the first women to run for president of the United States. While she did not win, she called attention to the growing movement to end the US war in Vietnam and tend to urgent social needs at home.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 2
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Bella Abzug, Nguyen Thi Binh, and Mink
Patsy Mink (left) and US representative Bella Abzug (right) traveled to Paris in 1972 to negotiate peace with Madame Nguyen Thi Binh (center), the only Vietnamese female leader who participated in the negotiations for peace with the United States that resulted in the Paris Peace Accords.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 2
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1970 Asian Americans for Peace Rally
Mink strongly advocated for the end of the Vietnam War, stating: “All Vietnamese stooping in the rice fields are pictured as the enemy, sub-human without emotions and for whom life is less valuable than for us.”
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 2
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Patsy Mink with President Lyndon B. Johnson
As a Democrat, Patsy Mink allied with the leader of her party, President Lyndon B. Johnson, on domestic policies such as utilizing government resources to help the poor while pushing back on his international policies.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 2
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Independent Countries Post-WWII
With the growing newly independent countries by year and region following WWII, US leaders feared that decolonized nations would ally themselves with other communist nations. (Source: CIA World Factbook; National Government Websites)
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 2
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The Patsy Mink Quarter
Dedicated to the environment, racial and gender equality, and many other issues, Mink was commemorated by the US Mint in 2024.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 1
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Mink With Congressional Office Staff
With her staff, Mink requested that they pay attention to constant crediting of Asian American male congressional leaders, reminding them to “always take the time to educate these guys.”
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 1
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Patsy Mink 1956 Campaign Brochure
Mink’s campaign literature when running for the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives worked to debunk negative assumptions about her based on her race and gender.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 1
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Patsy Mink’s TIME Cover
In 1965, Patsy Mink entered Congress as the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman to serve in the US House of Representatives.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 1
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Patsy Takemoto Mink Comic Book
Created by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Wendy Mink, and Abigail Chun, and illustrated by Vian Nguyen, this comic book details the life and career of Patsy Mink.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless, Module 1
