Patsy Mink: Media

American politician

Videos

Who was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress?
Patsy Takemoto Mink won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964.
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Images

Patsy Mink
Pioneering politician Patsy Mink, c. 1992.
Gwendolyn Mink—Patsy T. Mink Papers/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Interactives

The history of women in politics
Discover the female politicians who have broken barriers.
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