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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]
Women in Hawai'i reside in the Hawaiian Island and are citizens of the United States. [1] Immigrants and Native Hawaiians make up the population of women in Hawai'i. Native Hawaiian women descended from Polynesians. [2] Immigrants women came from many countries that created a cultural exchange in the island. [2]
Women in Hawaii politics (9 C, 15 P) S. Women's sports in Hawaii (11 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Women in Hawaii" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of ...
In 1897, Nakuina was mentioned in an article by Janet Jennings, of the Chicago Times-Herald, about the important role and status of part-Hawaiian women in the Hawaiian nation, which described her as "a clever and accomplished woman, whose scholarly attainments make her a unique figure in political and social circles of Honolulu." [20]
Hanaialiʻi carries the legacy of her grandmother Jennie Napua Woodd. In the 1930s, her grandmother performed in New York City's famed Lexington Hotel, which was home of the original "Hawaiian Room". The Hawaiian Room ran for 60 years and sold out seven nights a week. Hanaialiʻi's grandmother performed at the Hawaiian Room for many years. [11]
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 ...
Native Hawaiian women and girls experience disproportionate levels of violence, inequities that have long been insufficiently addressed, new research shows. In particular, sexual exploitation ...
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