ABOUT PATSY MINK

Patsy Takemoto Mink served in the US Congress from 1965-1977 and again from 1990-2002, where she represented Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District. The first woman of color elected to the US House of Representatives, she worked tirelessly for civil rights, women's rights, economic justice, civil liberties, peace, and the integrity of the democratic process. On November 24, 2014, Mink was awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

Fierce and Fearless is the first biography detailing how she changed the future of American politics. Read, listen, watch, and learn more about Patsy HERE.

Patsy Takemoto Mink’s Trailblazing Testimony Against a Supreme Court Nominee:

The first woman of color in Congress opposed G. Harrold Carswell’s nomination in 1970 and helped clear a path for Harry Blackmun, who wrote the Roe v. Wade opinion.

It seems particularly

relevant now...

Read on in The Atlantic, Sept 2018

"It is easy enough to vote right and be consistently with the majority. But it is more often more important to be ahead of the majority and this means being willing to cut the first furrow in the ground and stand alone for a while if necessary."

- Patsy Takemoto Mink