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This #AAPIHeritageMonth, we're celebrating the groundbreaking career of Patsy Mink.
Patsy Mink was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Asian American woman in Congress. Representing Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district, Mink fought for priorities like gender and racial equity, education, affordable healthcare, and environmental conservation.
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Patsy Mink was the first woman of color to ever be elected into either house of the United States Congress. She took office in 1965 and served until 1977 before being returning to office again in 1990 up until her death in 2002. Before going into office she founded the Oahu Young Democrats in 1954, and then started working as an attorney for the Hawaii territorial house of representatives in 1955. In 1956 she got elected to the territorial house of representatives, in which she would serve again in 1958. She would get elected to the Hawaii Senate in 1958 until 1959, when she tried unsuccessfully for Hawaii’s sole seat in the United States House of Representatives, once Hawaii was made a state. She returned to the Hawaii state Senate in 1962 and served until 1964, when she ran for the second seat that Hawaii was given in the US House of Representatives. She prided herself on using grass-roots movements to get elected to office. One of her most passionate causes was education. She served on the state Senate education committee, and the US House education committee from 1965-1977. She also introduced or sponsored many education related bills, such as the first childcare bill, bills introducing, student loans, bilingual education, special education, Head Start, the Women’s Education Equity Act, and Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments. She also served on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs from her second term until 1977, and served on the House Budget Committee from 1973-1977
She lost a bid in 1977 for the US Senate, and took time away from US Congress, by returning to Hawaii and getting a position on Honolulu’s city council and served from 1983-1987. She tried, unsuccessfully to become governor of Hawaii in 1986 and mayor of Honolulu in 1988, before returning to the US House of Representatives in 1990. She was again given a seat on the Education committee, which had been renamed the Committee on Education and Labor, and would be renamed again the Committee on Education and the Workforce. She would also receive spots on the Government Operations Committee, later renamed the Government Reform Committee, as well as the Natural Resources Committee during 1993-1995 and the Budget Committee from 1993-1999. During this time, she also organized and led the Democratic Women’s Caucus in 1995.
During her second stint in Congress, she focused on healthcare, gender issues, and education. She supported Universal healthcare and said that it was the biggest and most important domestic issue facing America. She also co-sponsored the Gender Equity Act of 1993 to try to get rid of gender discrimination in schools. She fought to protect welfare rights for citizens in the country and stayed true to her liberal beliefs, no matter if she was in the minority or majority. She also spoke out in 2002 against the creation of the Department of Homeland Security because she believed that it could put private concerns and public security on the back-burner in exchange for what others believe is best for the country’s security. Unfortunately, she passed away in 2002, while still serving in Congress due to complications of pneumonia. She was running for reelection at the time of her death, and her name was kept on the ballot, in which she would still win. She butted heads throughout her career with both Republicans and Democrats, but also was praised by both.
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