judy wu: everyone says you have to talk to wendy. the assertion started conversation but patsy wanted this. she was unsure about how to proceed with that. it's fantastic to be able to get access to someone like her. she grew up around the house of representatives. she would just roam the halls of congress. they were very political families so they would sit and talk about vietnam and welfare and the environment. at your research influenced all how you study women's politics? i'm going to be talking about though one of what's making it for me is i tend to look at grassroots politics. a lot of this is focused on these grassroots organizations. i think that is a very important story to tell. this is now shifting our gaze to the capital. had to be summit and ideas shape policies? host: thank you very much. judy wu: thank you for the opportunity. >> interested in american history to be? visit our website. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsib

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 that is still the dominant political force in hawaii. at the time should recently graduated law, a jv. she was also a young woman the , mother of a young child. no one would employ her. she went knocking at all of these law firms. she ended up a librarian. when she came back to hawaii, she faced gender discrimination. she ended up hanging up her shingle and her clients were relatively poor. ashes trying to make a place for herself as a professional woman, she also got involved into politics. particularhave an

judy wu: thank you for the opportunity. >> interested in american history to be? visit our website. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] smithsonian's national air and space museum is open to the public on the national mall were years ago. next, president gerald for remarks.urth's was provided by the gerald r ford presidential library. the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states. [applause] ♪ [applause] gerald ford: thank you very much. distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. and beautiful new museum its exciting exhibits at the mastery of air and space is a fromct birthday present the american people to themselves. although it is almost impolite to boast, perhaps we can say with patriotic pride that the fromg machines we see here the wright brothers plane to the latest space vehicle were mostly made usa. this is an american saga and the wonder is that it has all happened in the lifetime of

judy wu: she was the first woman of color to be elected a member of congress. she served for 24 years.