Patsy Mink was the first woman of color elected to Congress in 1965, and the first Japanese-American woman to practice law in Hawaii. As a congresswoman, she fought for gender and racial equality, affordable childcare, bilingual education, and played a key role in the enactment of Title IX. Throughout her career, Mink remained true to her progressive ideals and one month after her death in 2002, she was re-elected to Congress.