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She is a recipient of the National Education Association Ellison Onizuka Human and Civil Rights Award, [27] Native Hawaiian Community Educator of the year, [28] and is a White House Champion of Change. [29] USA Today named Wong-Kalu one of ten Women of the Century from Hawai'i. [30]
Haunani-Kay Trask (October 3, 1949 – July 3, 2021) was a Native Hawaiian activist, educator, author, poet, and a leader of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. She was professor emerita at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she founded and directed the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. A published author, Trask wrote ...
Continued suffrage organizing by a multi-ethnic group of women in Hawaii played a role in the eventual ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on August 18, 1920, granting women the right to vote. [1] Very soon after the passage of the amendment, women began seeking election to the Hawaii Territorial ...
Nadine Nakamura, a 62-year-old Democrat from Kauai, is poised to make history as the first woman to lead the Hawaii House of Representatives. Her appointment comes following the shocking primary ...
Wilhelmine with her father Hermann A. Widemann, c. 1881 Wilhelmine Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett (March 28, 1861 – December 10, 1929) was a Native Hawaiian suffragist who helped organize the National Women's Equal Suffrage Association of Hawaii, the first women's suffrage club in the Territory of Hawaii in 1912.
These women empowerment quotes from female founders, famous icons and feminist trailblazers will inspire you. ... in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice." — Michelle Obama ...
Kahalewai was well known for her sultry voice, her three octave range, and her stately manner. [5] [2] She performed on dozens of commercial records and recorded with Decca Records and Capitol Records [4] Her biography at the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame describes her as "the most widely-recognized and revered female singing voice in Hawai‘i during her memorable professional career.
The “face” of the Hawaiian Airlines logo, which has decorated the tails of its airplanes for decades, has passed away. Leina’ala Ann Teruya Drummond, Miss Hawaii 1964, died of cancer Monday ...