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Part I: Journeys for Peace . - Chapter 1. An African American Abroad 15. - Chapter 2. Afro-Asian Alliances 40. - Chapter 3. Searching for Home and Peace 62. - Part II: Journeys for Liberation. - Chapter 4. Anticitizens, Red Diaper Babies, and Model Minorities 107. - Chapter 5. A Revolutionary Pilgrimage 136. - Chapter 6. The Belly of the Beast 163. - Part III: Journeys for Global Sisterhood. - Chapter 7. "We Met the 'Enemy'- and They Are Our Sisters" 193. - Chapter 8. War at a Peace Conference 219. - Chapter 9. Woman Warriors 244. - Legacies: Journeys of Reconciliation 266

Reputedly the first American-born woman of Chinese descent
to become a physician, Margaret Chung (1889-1959) gained wide
recognition as a supporter of the Allied cause during the 1930s and
1940s. This article examines the historical significance of her
life, not in terms of her accomplishments in the public realm of work
and politics, but by focusing on her private choices. Chung decided not
to marry or have children during a time when the social pressure for
Chinese American women to do both was intense. Instead, she developed
erotic relationships with white women. She also experimented with gender
presentation, adopting masculine and feminine personas. Wu explores
Chung's gender identities as wells as her homoerotic interracial
relationships, expanding the existing understanding of Asian American
sexuality during the first half of the twentieth century and
revealing the ways in which women of color negotiated shifting gender,
sexual, and racial norms from the late Victorian through the modern
eras.

"The book explores the life and politics of Patsy Takemoto Mink (1927-2002), a third generation Japanese American from Hawai'i, the first woman of color in Congress and the legislative champion of Title IX. Co-authored by her daughter, political scientist Gwendolyn Mink, and historian Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, this work discusses Mink's decades-long work for women's equality, civil rights, environmental humanism, and peace. The book considers Mink's policy and political commitments and contributions and explores how Mink's Pacific World view shaped her politics as a feminist, a civil rights advocate, an environmentalist, and a critic of U.S. militarism. From the late 19th century immigration story of Mink's forbears through Mink's early 21st century advocacy for social justice, this book offers new insights regarding intersectional legislative feminism and Pacific feminism, makes visible one woman's policy activism in the mainstream of U.S. politics, and brings much needed attention to a woman of color who profoundly shaped the politics of race, class, and gender in the second half of the 20th century"--

The first biography of trailblazing legislator Patsy Takemoto Mink, best known as the legislative champion of Title IX "Every girl in Little League, every woman playing college sports, and every parent—including Michelle and myself—who watches their daughter on a field or in the classroom is forever grateful to the late Patsy Takemoto Mink."—President Barack Obama, on posthumously awarding Mink the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014Patsy Takemoto Mink was the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman elected to Congress. Fierce and Fearless is the first biography of this remarkable woman, who first won election to Congress in 1964 and went on to serve in the House for twenty-four years, her final term ending with her death in 2002. Mink was an advocate for girls and women, best known for her work shepherding and defending Title IX, the legislation that changed the face of education in America, making it possible for girls and women to participate in school sports, and in education more broadly, at the same level as boys and men.Mink's life is wonderfully chronicled by eminent historian Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink, Patsy's daughter, a noted political science scholar and first-hand witness to the many political struggles that her mother had to overcome. Featuring family anecdotes, vignettes, and photographs, Fierce and Fearless offers new insight into who Mink was, and the progressive principles that fueled her mission. Wu and Mink provide readers with an up-close understanding of her life as a third-generation Japanese American from Hawaii—from her childhood on Maui to her decades-long career in the House, working with noted legislators like Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, and Nancy Pelosi. They follow the evolution of her politics, including her advocacy for race, gender, and class equality and her work to promote peace and environmental justice.Fierce and Fearless provides vivid details of how Patsy Takemoto Mink changed the future of American politics. Celebrating the life and legacy of a woman, activist, and politician ahead of her time, this book illuminates the life of a trailblazing icon who made history