HONOLULU (KHON2) — A former representative from Hawaii who paved the way for generations to follow will be rolling out in a United States Mint quarter collection. Rolls and bags of quarters honoring ...

U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Thursday announced the official release of the Patsy T. Mink quarter, which is part of the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program for 2024. Mink, who ...

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 ...

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 ...

UH President David Lassner, left, DOE Superintendent Keith Hayashi, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, ACLU Hawaii Legal Director Jongwook Kim, Kamehameha Schools Co-Athletic Director Brandy Richardson and ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Mink is described as the “mother of Title IX who stood up ...

Patsy Mink decided to run for public office when Hawaii became a state in 1959. In 1964, she became the first Asian American woman and first woman of color to be elected to the U.S. House of ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii leaders honored the late Congresswoman Patsy Mink Thursday morning at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Patsy Mink commemorative quarters are now shipping to banks. U.S.

American congresswoman Patsy Mink, whose strong liberal stands led conservative opponents to dub her ''Patsy Pink'' has died of viral pneumonia. She was 74. She had been in hospital for nearly a month ...

When Hawaii Representative Patsy Mink died on 28 September she was on the ballot papers as the Democratic Party's candidate for the 5 November mid-term elections. And she will remain on the ballot ...

Mar. 30—Mink's quarter depicts her on one side with a lei, holding her Title IX legislation in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, with the inscriptions "Patsy Takemoto Mink " and "Equal Opportunity ...