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Patsy Mink

1927 - 2002

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Patsy Matsu Mink (née Takemoto; Japanese: 竹本 マツ, December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic Party, initially from 1965 to 1977, and again from 1990 until her death in 2002. She was the first Woman of Color and first Asian-American woman elected to Congress, and is known for her work on legislation advancing women's rights and education. Mink was a third-generation Japanese American, having been born and raised on the island of Maui. After graduating as valedictorian of the Maui High School class in 1944, she attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for two years and subsequently enrolled at the University of Nebraska, where she experienced racism and worked to have segregation policies eliminated. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Patsy Mink is the 17,984th most popular politician (down from 17,938th in 2024), the 13,602nd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,789th in 2019) and the 1,039th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patsy Mink ranks 17,984 out of 19,576. Before her are Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Judit Varga, Thomas Hart Benton, Stuart Symington, Luis Fortuño, and Lubomír Zaorálek. After her are Mustafa Şentop, Willy Telavi, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Robert F. Stockton, Lurleen Wallace, and Arun Shourie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Patsy Mink ranks 479. Before her are Ann Gillis, Connie Kay, Hank Ballard, Robert Bork, Nayantara Sahgal, and Sada Thompson. After her are Eddie Sachs, Jim Fuchs, Lois Nettleton, Dick Hyman, June Brown, and Babatunde Olatunji. Among people deceased in 2002, Patsy Mink ranks 345. Before her are Rusty Wailes, Shirley Scott, Audrey Mestre, Kaifi Azmi, Alex Hannum, and Virginia Hamilton. After her are Irene Worth, Satish Dhawan, Dolores Gray, Ernesto Díaz, Otis Blackwell, and Jim Crawford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patsy Mink ranks 13,606 out of 20,380. Before her are Barbara Bennett (1906), Tom Irwin (1956), Mario (1986), Jon Lee Anderson (1957), Kim Wayans (1961), and Randy Jackson (1956). After her are Maggie Roswell (1952), Caldwell Esselstyn (1933), Nancy Carell (1966), Natasha Gregson Wagner (1970), Jacob Lawrence (1917), and Anne Jeffreys (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Patsy Mink ranks 1,039. Before her are Smith Thompson (1768), William P. Fessenden (1806), William B. Saxbe (1916), Mike Waltz (1974), Thomas Hart Benton (1782), and Stuart Symington (1901). After her are Robert F. Stockton (1795), Lurleen Wallace (1926), John Lindsay (1921), Alexander Ramsey (1815), Norman Thomas (1884), and Ray LaHood (1945).

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