Historic Change: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of the Honorable Patsy Takemoto Mink

About the Program

Patsy Takemoto Mink was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Asian American woman to serve in Congress. In addition to writing bills like Title IX, the Early Childhood Education Act, and the Women’s Educational Equity Act, Mink was the first Asian American to run for U.S. President. This special celebration will include remarks, a panel discussion, and a short film about Mink's life and legacy.

The American Women Quarters™ Program is the first circulating coin program dedicated to honoring women whose achievements, triumphs and legacies reflect the strength, perseverance, and resiliency of our nation.

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Program Participants

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2024-04/Rep.%20Case%20Headshot%20Square.png | Representative Ed Case | https://case.house.gov/uploadedfiles/official_bio_-_2023.pdf | Rep. Case represents Hawai`i’s First Congressional District

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2024-04/Rep.%20Chu%20Headshot%20Square.png | Representative Judy Chu | https://chu.house.gov/about/biography | Rep. Chu represents California's 28th Congressional District

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2024-01/Ventri%20C.%20Gibson%20Headshot.png | Ventris C. Gibson | https://www.usmint.gov/about/leadership/director | Director, U.S. Mint

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2019-10/herrera.jpg| Jennifer Herrera | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/jennifer-herrera | Vice President of External Affairs, National Women's History Museum

https://www.hirono.senate.gov/imo/media/image/Senator_Hirono_Portrait.jpg | Senator Mazie K. Hirono | https://www.hirono.senate.gov/about | U.S. Senator from Hawaii

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2023-04/Frederique_Irwin_headshot_046_rev_LI%20copy.jpeg | Frédérique Campagne Irwin | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/frederique-campagne-irwin | President and CEO, National Women's History Museum

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2024-03/Dr.%20Felicia%20Kornbluh%20Headshot.png | Dr. Felicia Kornbluh | https://www.uvm.edu/cas/history/profiles/felicia-kornbluh | Professor of History and of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, University of Vermont Burlington

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2024-03/Gwendolyn%20Mink%20Headshot%20Square.png | Gwendolyn Mink | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/gwendolyn-mink | Daughter, Patsy Mink, and co-author, "Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress"

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2024-03/Erika%20L.%20Moritsugu%20Headshot.png | Erika L. Moritsugu | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/erika-l-moritsugu | White House Deputy Assistant to the President and Asian American/NHPI Liaison

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2024-03/Elizabeth%20Novara%20Headshot.png | Elizabeth A. Novara | https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/author/enov/ | Historian/American Women’s History Specialist, Library of Congress

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2024-03/Speaker%20Emerita%20Nancy%20Pelosi%20Headshot.png | Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/speaker-emerita-nancy-pelosi | 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives

https://tokuda.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/tokuda.house.gov/files/styles/evo_image/public/evo-media-image/rep_tokuda_official_photo.jpg | Representative Jill Tokuda | https://tokuda.house.gov/biography | Rep. Tokuda represents Hawai`i’s Second Congressional District (CD2)

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2021-07/Judy%20Tzu-Chun%20Wu%282%29.png | Judy Tzu-Chun Wu | https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/our-people/judy-tzu-chun-wu | National Women’s History Museum Scholars Advisory Council Member; Scholar, and co-author, "Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress"

https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/original_resolution/public/images/2024-03/Yao-Fen%20You%20Headshot.png | Yao-Fen You | https://www.si.edu/about/bios/yao-fen-you | Acting Director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center