Patsy T. Mink Papers, 1965-1982 (bulk 1965-1975)
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Patsy T. Mink Papers, 1965-1982 (bulk 1965-1975)
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body: Biographical Note Patsy Mink was born in Paia Maui, Hawaii on December 6, 1927, the daughter of Suematsu and Mitama (Tateyama) Takemoto. She was valedictorian of the Maui High School Class of 1944. Mink began her collegiate studies at the University of Hawaii, but left after her sophomore year to attend Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The academic environment at Wilson did not suit Mink and she transferred to the University of Nebraska after one semester. There she instigated a letter-writing campaign against the University's racially discriminatory housing practices, a crusade that was ultimately successful. She was also elected president of the Unaffiliated Students of the University of Nebraska. However, her time in Nebraska was cut short by illness and she returned to Hawaii for treatment and to recuperate. Mink resumed her studies at the University of Hawaii, majoring in zoology and chemistry, and in 1948 earned her B.A. She went on to earn her Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) from the University of Chicago in 1951 and later received honorary degrees from Chaminade College (Honolulu, Hawaii) in 1975, from Syracuse University in 1976, and from Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington) in 1976. Just before graduating in 1951, she married John Francis Mink, a graduate student in geophysics at the University of Chicago. Their first and only child, Gwendolyn, was born in 1952. Soon after her birth, the Minks moved to Hawaii. Mink became a member of the Hawaii Bar in June 1953 after having to prove that she was a resident of Hawaii. The court claimed that her legal domicile changed to Pennsylvania, John Mink's place of legal residence, when they got married even though she never had lived there. Though she gained admission to the Bar, in the ensuing months, she encountered much resistance from employers who balked at the prospect of hiring a married female lawyer with a child. She decided to open her own private practice in Honolulu, which she maintained …
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