Patsy Takemoto Mink, who grew up in the plantation camps of Hamakuapoko and rose to become the first Asian-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, was posthumously honored with ...

Washington, DC, March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United States Mint (Mint) 2024 American Women Quarters rolls and bags celebrating the Honorable Patsy Takemoto Mink will be available for ...

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 ...

FIRST PHOTO: Congresswoman Jill Tokuda describes some of the accomplishments of late Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink during an unveiling ceremony for the U.S. quarter bearing Mink’s likeness Tuesday ...

Here's Patsy Takemoto, a teen-age girl. She's extremely bright and ambitious. She's small of physical stature. She plays some high school basketball ... well, whatever junky, half-court, ...