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 ...

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 ...

people don't know who she is or who she was or what she accomplished for women pay equity for work of comparable value must become the single most important goal for America with it, women will ...

The late Rep. Patsy T. Mink, the first woman to represent Hawaii in Congress and the first woman of color to serve in Congress, will be honored with a commemorative quarter. On Thursday, Hawaii U.S.

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 ...