Patsy Takemoto Mink

(1927-2002) lived in Lincoln. Lawyer, politician, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii for 12 terms (1965-1977 and 1990-2002), and was the first Japanese-American woman Representative; a progressive on such issues as women’s rights, civil rights, and education, she was one of the primary sponsors of the 1972 Title IX amendment to the Education Act, which required schools receiving federal funds to provide equal opportunity for male and female athletes; inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2003. Consult Current Biography (1968) 253-256 and Notable Asian Americans (Gale, 1995) 261-262 and New York Times obituary, September 30, 2002, p. B-10 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol 6 (2004) 364-365.

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