Patsy Mink Autographs

Patsy Matsu Mink (née Takemoto; Japanese: 竹本 マツ, December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic Party, initially from 1965 to 1977, and again from 1990 until her death in 2002. She was the first Woman of Color and first Asian-American woman elected to Congress, and is known for her work on legislation advancing women's rights and education.
Mink was a third-generation Japanese American, having been born and raised on the island of Maui. After graduating as valedictorian of the Maui High School class in 1944, she attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for two years and subsequently enrolled at the University of Nebraska, where she experienced racism and worked to have segregation policies eliminated. After illness forced her to return to Hawaii to complete her studies there, she applied to 12 medical schools to continue her education but was rejected by all of them. Following a suggestion by her employer, she opted to study law and was accepted at the University of Chicago Law School in 1948. While there, she met and married a graduate student in geology, John Francis Mink. When they graduated in 1951, Patsy was unable to find employment and after the birth of their daughter in 1952, the couple moved to Hawaii.
When she was refused the right to take the bar examination, due to the loss of her Hawaiian territorial residency upon marriage, Mink challenged the statute. Though she won the right to take the test and passed the examination, she could not find public or private employment because she was married and had a child. Mink's father helped her open her own practice in 1953 and around the same time she became a member of the Democratic Party. Hoping to work legislatively to change discriminatory customs through law, she worked as an attorney for the Hawaiian territorial legislature in 1955. The following year, she ran for a seat in the territorial House of Representatives. Winning the race, she became the first Japanese-American woman to serve in the territorial House and two years later, the first woman to serve in the territorial Senate, when she won her campaign for the upper house. In 1960, Mink gained national attention when she spoke in favor of the civil rights platform at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. In 1962 she was elected to the new Hawaii State Senate becoming the first Asian-American woman to be elected and serve in a state legislature in the United States.
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Traded items with a signature of Patsy Mink

The most expensive item with a signature of Patsy Mink (Patsy Mink Signed Photo Aloha From Hawaii Autograph First Asian American Congres) was sold in May 2026 for $189.95 while the cheapest item (Patsy Mink Dante Fascell Bob Packwood Robert S. Walker Hand Signed 4 Items) found a new owner for $4.25 in June 2017. The month with the most items sold (2) was May 2020 with an average selling price of $19.99 for an autographed item of Patsy Mink. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2026 with $189.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.25 was June 2017. In average, an autographed item from Patsy Mink is worth $19.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Patsy Mink were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Congresswoman Patsy Mink Hand Signed Autograph Ephemera Document	$8.50
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink Autograph Signed 1966 George Washington FDC	$9.95
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer --	$21.99
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer!	$19.99
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer!	$19.99
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer!*	$19.99
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer!*	$19.99
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer!*	$19.99
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer!*	$19.99
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer!*	$19.99
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer!*	$19.99
	Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink for President autographed 1972 Campaign flyer!*	$19.99
	Patsy Mink - Hawaii Congresswomen - Authentic Autographed 8x10 Photograph	$7.00
	Patsy Mink Dante Fascell Bob Packwood Robert S. Walker Hand Signed 4 Items	$4.25
	Patsy Mink Signed Photo Aloha From Hawaii Autograph First Asian American Congres	$189.95