Patsy Mink

Wing Luke Museum exhibit: Who’s Got Game, National Archives and Records Administration photo

“It is easy enough to vote right and be consistently with the majority. But it is often more important to be ahead of the majority, and this means being willing to cut the first furrow in the ground and stand alone for a while if necessary.” -- Patsy Mink  

March is Women’s History Month. 2022 also marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Opportunities for women in sports increased exponentially in 1972, when a petite, strong-shouldered Japanese American from Hawai`i helped usher a barrier-breaking amendment through Congress. Patsy Mink, the first woman of color elected to the House of Representatives, fought to pass Title IX, a law that prevented federally-funded educational institutions from discriminating on the basis of sex. 

This photo shows Patsy Mink (standing, fourth from left) with the other women members of the 89th US Congress, 1965.  National Archives and Records Administration photo, featured in Wing Luke Museum exhibit, "Who's Got Game."