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Patsy Takemoto Mink

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Date

1965-05-16

Dimensions

8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

PA2013.06.0001h

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

In 1964 Patsy Takemoto Mink won her campaign for a House seat from Hawaii and became the first woman of color elected to Congress. A few months after taking her seat, Mink posed for a photograph outside the Capitol.

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