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A third-generation Japanese American, the Honorable Patsy Takemoto Mink was the first woman of color to serve in Congress. She fought for gender and racial equality, affordable childcare and environmental protection. She is best known for co-authoring Title IX, legislation which opened new opportunities to women in education and school sports.
Mink, who was born and raised on the island of Maui in Hawaii, originally planned to pursue a medical degree, but several medical schools rejected her application. She turned to law and earned a degree from the University of Chicago in 1951. She was one of only two women and two Asian Americans in her law school class.
After facing restrictions when applying for jobs at law firms she opened her own practice, becoming the first Japanese American woman to practice law in Hawaii. She entered politics in the mid-1950s, serving in Hawaii's legislature and State Senate. In 1964, she became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Mink served a combined 24 years in Congress, from 1965-1977 and again in 1990-2002. After her death in 2002, Title IX was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act.
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