Title IX, the civil rights law passed in 1972 that prevents sex discrimination in federally funded educational institutions, ...

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 ...

Patsy Takemoto Mink testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee against Supreme Court nominee Harold Carswell around 1971-1972. Credit - Courtesy Gwendolyn Mink/Patsy Takemoto Mink papers, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2024, the program will issue new quarters honoring five women: Pauli Murray, Patsy Takemoto Mink, Mary Edwards Walker, Celia Cruz, and Zitkala-Ša. These women’s accomplishments were as diverse as ...

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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 ...