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A reading of Ka‘ahumanu by Sybil Augusta Carter, a lecture delivered December 6, 1892, before Queen Lili‘uokalani and members of Woman’s Board of Missions. The Kuhina Nui display from the Hawai‘i State Archives will be available for viewing.

Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina and the Preservation of Hawaiian Culture. Makuina was a water rights expert and curator of the Hawaiian National Museum.

Rosalie Enos Lyons Keliinoi was the first female legislator for the Territory. She sponsored the Act that preserved Hulihe‘e Palace.

In 1920 the Ahahui Mamakakaua, Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors Society sent a symbolic ratification star using the techniques used to create lei hulu, or feather lei. The original star is on display at Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, D.C. A discussion will take place about its creation and the preservation of feather lei collections.

Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett, founder of the first Hawai‘i suffrage organization, National Women’s Equal Suffrage Association of Hawai‘i.

U.S. Congresswoman Patsy Mink and her signature legislation, Title IX.

CANCELLED: Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett, founder of the first Hawai‘i suffrage organization, National Women’s Equal Suffrage Association of Hawai‘i.