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Patsy Takemoto Mink

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Patsy Takemoto Mink
Patsy Takemoto Mink
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Date

ca. 1965

Dimensions

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

PA2013.06.0001b

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Patsy T. Mink, the first woman of color elected to Congress, participated in the passage of much of the 1960s Great Society legislation during the first phase of her congressional career. This photograph, from her first term in the House, came soon after she won Hawaii’s second congressional seat, created following reapportionment in the early 1960s.

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