U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink, D-Hawaii, meets reporters on Capitol Hill on Nov. 5, 1997, to call on the Senate Judiciary Committee to support Bill Lann Lee’s nomination to head the Justice Department ...

Mink was the major author and champion of Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, also known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act. Don't miss out on what's happening!

Sharon Sprung, the Brooklyn artist who painted the iconic official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama, has a new ...

In 1853, Solomon Northrop regained his freedom following his kidnapping and being sold into slavery. He would later write a ...

Patsy Takemoto Mink, a proud Pāʻia resident and Maui High School graduate, was a relentless advocate for women’s and marginalized communities’ civil rights, gender equality and education reform.

Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third-generation Japanese American, having been born and raised on the island of Maui.

Sprung, who also painted Representative Patsy Mink of Hawaii, the first woman of color and first Asian-American woman elected to Congress, told Reuters her goal was to capture the essence of her ...

In 1965, Patsy Mink was sworn in as the first woman of color and first Asian American woman elected to Congress. The Democrat was also the first woman to represent Hawaii in the House of ...