Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patsy Mink decided to run for public office when Hawaii became a state in 1959. In 1964, she became the first Asian American woman ...

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 ...

Congresswoman Patsy Mink is battling pneumonia in a Hawaii hospital, leaving her re-election campaign in limbo. It all started when Mink came down with chicken pox. And while that's usually not a big ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – In recognition of the history-making work of the late Rep. Patsy Mink, who 50 years ago fought against sexual ...

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 ...