next on american history tv, talks about the life and career of patsy takemoto mink. colors the first woman of to be elected in this way. they interviewed her at this .nnual meeting this is 10 minutes. who was patsy takemoto mink? judy wu: she was the first elected colored member of congress. she served for 24 years. she is best known for protecting title ix. she died in 2002. that had the vaccinations a lot of people tend to have nowadays. i think they found the >>ckenpox were needles -- how old was she? my math. how did you get involved in politics in the first lace? she took part in the democratic revolution in hawaii. eventually it was native her ryan's -- hawaiians. they dominated the social life. they try to organize democrats and really reached out to the people who were the have-nots. they doubled the democratic party. that is still the dominant political force in hawaii. she was a recently graduate and was the mother of a young child. she went knocking at all of these law firms. back,, she ended up and herup her shingles science was actually poor. she tried t

host: who was patsy takemoto mink? judy wu: she was the first woman of color to be elected a member of congress. she served for 24 years. until 1977 -- she is probably best known for cosponsoring and protecting title ix. after she passed away, they renamed title ix after had to make. host: i did not realize that. when did she die? : she died in 2002. never had the vaccinations that a lot of people tend to have nowadays. i think they found the chickenpox or measles. >> how old was she? judy wu: my math. maybe close to 75 when she passed away. she get involved in politics in the first place? she took part in the democratic revolution in hawaii. eventually it was native hawaians. -- initially it was native hawaians. they imported workers from puerto rico, portugal. it was a very stratified social society. patsy mink was part of this post-world war ii generation that tried to organize democrats and really reached out to the people who were the have-nots. they reached out to workers, nonwhites, and they built of the party t

host: who was patsy takemoto mink? judy wu: she was the first woman of color to be elected a member of congress. she served for 24 years.