Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX DEC241590 and Miyako

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Each step forward reveals a new challenge

Bill Sherman and Michael N

From the past to the future to the uncomfortably now

Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX DEC241590 and MiyakoThe only picture book biography about unsung hero Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first Asian American woman elected to Congress. From a young age, Patsy Takemoto Mink learned that striving for goals came with challenges. But she also learned to never give up. As the Japanese proverb says: fall down seven times, stand up eight. That spirit helped Patsy through school. She wanted to become a doctor, but at the time, medical schools didnt admit women. So Patsy