Fierce and Fearless : : Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress / / Gwendolyn Mink, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- A Note on the Text
- Introduction: Speaking Truth to Power
- Part I The Party of the People
- Introduction
- The Tateyamas of Waikamoi
- 1 Plantation Society
- “Pink Mink”
- 2 A Democratic Revolution
- Part II A Great Society at War
- Introduction
- “I See You Have Appointment with Vietcong”
- 3 A Dove among Hawks
- “You Must Be a Women’s Libber”
- 4 A Feminist Legislator
- Mauch Chunk
- 5 A Pacific Environmentalist
- Part III Oceans and Islands
- Introduction
- Violated
- 6 A Progressive Political Vision
- Back Home in Waipahu
- 7 Practicing “We” Politics
- Part IV A National Reckoning
- Introduction
- “Nobody around Here Is Interested”
- 8 The Third Wave
- Welfare Is a Women’s Issue
- 9 Battling Poverty
- “No, Where Are You Really From?”
- 10 The Cost of Belonging
- “Stay Safe, Patsy”
- Epilogue: Ripples
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors