Fall down seven times, stand up eight : Patsy Takemoto Mink and the fight for Title IX by Bryant, Jen 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 164400 Available

Dewey: 328/BAges: 4-8   


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Subjects: Mink, Patsy T.,|d1927-2002 United States.|tEducation Amendments of 1972.|pTitle IX United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Japanese Americans - Biography Women legislators - Biography Women's rights Equality

Summary: Explores the life of Patsy Mink, the first BIPOC woman--and first Asian American woman--elected to Congress who helped create Title IX, the law that requires federally funded schools to treat boys and girls equally.

Patsy Mink [She Persisted]by Keller, Tae 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel, 2022)

BTSB #: 512063 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 6-9   
F&P: T

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Subjects: Mink, Patsy T.,|d1927-2002 United States.|tEducation Amendments of 1972.|pTitle IX United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Japanese Americans - Biography Women legislators - Biography

Summary: When Patsy Mink won her seat in the House of Representatives as a Democrat from Hawaii, she became the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman elected to Congress. A co-author of the Title XI amendment of the Higher Education Act, she was a champion of rights for women, children, immigrants, and minorities throughout her twenty-four years in Congress.

Patsy Mink [My Itty-Bitty Bio]by Loh-Hagan, Virginia 

BTSB Prebound(Cherry Lake, 2022)

BTSB #: 584030 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-7   
AR: 1.9 LG Lexile: 460

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Subjects: Mink, Patsy T.,|d1927-2002 United States.|bCongress - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Legislators - Hawaii - Biography Women legislators - Hawaii - Biography Japanese Americans - Biography Japanese American women - Biography

Summary: Examines the life of Hawaiian Patsy Mink, the first Asian American woman elected to Congress.