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Fierce and Fearless - Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress (Hardcover)
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The first biography of trailblazing legislator Patsy Takemoto Mink,
best known as the legislative champion of Title IX "Every girl in
Little League, every woman playing college sports, and every
parent-including Michelle and myself-who watches their daughter on
a field or in the classroom is forever grateful to the late Patsy
Takemoto Mink."-President Barack Obama, on posthumously awarding
Mink the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014 Patsy Takemoto Mink
was the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman
elected to Congress. Fierce and Fearless is the first biography of
this remarkable woman, who first won election to Congress in 1964
and went on to serve in the House for twenty-four years, her final
term ending with her death in 2002. Mink was an advocate for girls
and women, best known for her work shepherding and defending Title
IX, the legislation that changed the face of education in America,
making it possible for girls and women to participate in school
sports, and in education more broadly, at the same level as boys
and men. Mink's life is wonderfully chronicled by eminent historian
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink, Patsy's daughter, a noted
political science scholar and first-hand witness to the many
political struggles that her mother had to overcome. Featuring
family anecdotes, vignettes, and photographs, Fierce and Fearless
offers new insight into who Mink was, and the progressive
principles that fueled her mission. Wu and Mink provide readers
with an up-close understanding of her life as a third-generation
Japanese American from Hawaii-from her childhood on Maui to her
decades-long career in the House, working with noted legislators
like Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, and Nancy Pelosi. They follow
the evolution of her politics, including her advocacy for race,
gender, and class equality and her work to promote peace and
environmental justice. Fierce and Fearless provides vivid details
of how Patsy Takemoto Mink changed the future of American politics.
Celebrating the life and legacy of a woman, activist, and
politician ahead of her time, this book illuminates the life of a
trailblazing icon who made history.
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