Patsy Belted Blazer
Multi-colored plaid blazer sans lapels with novelty buttons, functional front pockets, and velvet belt included.
Size: M
Contents: 60% wool, 30% polyester, 5% acrylic, 5% autre
Measurements:
Crossback: 17"
Arm: 23"
Bust: 18 1/2"
Waist: 17"
Length: 26"
Hips: 19"
Multi-colored plaid blazer sans lapels with novelty buttons, functional front pockets, and velvet belt included.
Size: M
Contents: 60% wool, 30% polyester, 5% acrylic, 5% autre
Measurements:
Crossback: 17"
Arm: 23"
Bust: 18 1/2"
Waist: 17"
Length: 26"
Hips: 19"
Multi-colored plaid blazer sans lapels with novelty buttons, functional front pockets, and velvet belt included.
Size: M
Contents: 60% wool, 30% polyester, 5% acrylic, 5% autre
Measurements:
Crossback: 17"
Arm: 23"
Bust: 18 1/2"
Waist: 17"
Length: 26"
Hips: 19"
She Did That!
“What you endure is who you are. And if you just accept and do nothing, then life goes on. But if you see it as a way for change, life doesn’t have to be so unfair. It can be better. Maybe not for me, I can’t change the past, but I can certainly help somebody else in the future so they don’t have to go through what I did.”
Pasty applied this philosophy to her own life.
Patsy Takemoto Mink was born of December 6, 1927 in Hawaii. Like all great leaders, her road to success was not easy. She started at the University of Nebraska and while she faced race and gender-based discrimination, it was an extreme illness that forced her to return to Hawaii. When she was rejected from all 12 medical schools she applied to, she pursued law and graduated from Chicago Law.
After graduating from Chicago Law and passing the bar exam, Patsy was not able to find work, in part, because of her interracial marriage.
Her dream wouldn’t die there; Patsy was the 1st in many achievements.
She started her own practice and became the first Japanese American female attorney in Hawaii and the first woman of color elected to Congress.
Patsy served six consecutive terms in Congress and fought for gender discrimination, racial equality, affordable childcare, bilingual education, and became a co-author of Title IX, a law that combats discrimination based on sex under any educational program, among other things.
Her dream gets bigger. In 1972, she entered the presidential race and Oregon State primary on an anti-Vietnam War platform, she didn't win but went on to serve President Jimmy Carter as Assistant Secretary of State. She then served another 12 years in Congress making an irreplaceable mark in the fabric of our country until her death in 2002.
Patsy Takemoto Mink was one of a kind. She had no patience for injustice. Pasty’s tenacity and fight for equal rights changed the lives of countless women.
