First non-white woman elected to Congress.
[1] Viral pneumonia related to adult-onset chickenpox.
Brother: Eugene Takamoto
Husband: John F. Mink (hydrologist, m. 1951, d. 18-Oct-2005, one daughter)
Daughter: Gwendolyn Mink (b. 1952)
High School: Maui High School, Maui, HI (1944)
University: Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA (attended 1946)
University: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (attended 1947)
University: BA, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1948)
Law School: JD, University of Chicago Law School (1951)
Teacher: Lecturer, University of Hawaii (1952-56, 1959-62, and 1979-81)
US Congressman, Hawaii (22-Sep-1990 to 28-Sep-2002, her death)
Honolulu City Council (1983-87, as Chairman, 1983-85)
Americans for Democratic Action President (1978-81)
US State Department Asst. Secy. of State, Oceans and Int'l Environmental Scientific Affairs (1977-78)
US Congressman, Hawaii (3-Jan-1965 to 3-Jan-1977)
Hawaii State Senate (1962-64)
Hawaii State Senate Territorial (1958-59)
Hawaii State House of Representatives Territorial (1956-58)
Young Democrats
Japanese Ancestry
