List of Hawaii suffragists explained

This is a list of Hawaii suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Hawaii.

Groups

• Maui Women's Suffrage Association, formed in 1919.^[1]
• National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).^[2]
• National Women's Equal Suffrage Association of Hawai'i (WESAH), formed in 1912.^[3]
• Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).^[4]

Suffragists

• Akaiko Akana.^[5]
• Mary Kinimaka Ha'aheo Atcherley.
• Ethel Frances Baldwin.
• Mary Tenney Castle.^[6]
• Wilhelmine Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett.^[7]
• Mary E. Dillingham Frear.
• Elizabeth Kahanu Kalaniana'ole.
• Margaret Knepper.
• Emilie K. Widemann Macfarlane.
• Louise MacMillan.
• Emma Nakuina.
• Emma Nāwahī.
• Emma Ahuena Taylor.^[8]
• Lahilahi Webb.

Politicians in support of women's suffrage

• Charles J. McCarthy.
• Joseph Nāwahī.^[9]
• William Pūnohu White.
• John E. Bush.
• Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole.

Suffragists who campaigned in Hawaii

• Carrie Chapman Catt.
• Almira Hollander Pitman.

Anti-suffragists in Hawaii

Groups

• Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women.

See also

• Timeline of women's suffrage in Hawaii
• Women's suffrage in Hawaii
• Women's suffrage in states of the United States
• Women's suffrage in the United States

References

Sources

• Book: Yasutake, Rumi . Gendering the Trans-Pacific World . Brill . 2017 . 9789004336100 . Choy . Catherine Ceniza . Leiden, The Netherlands . Re-Franchising Women of Hawai'i, 1912-1920 . Tzu-Chun Wu . Judy . Judy Tzu-Chun Wu.

External links

• Wilhelmine Dowsett: Hawai'i Suffrage Pioneer

Notes and References

1. News: 1919-06-06. Large Membership in Suffrage Club. 1. The Maui News. 2020-12-10. Newspapers.com. and News: 1919-06-06. Large Membership in Suffrage Club. 3. The Maui News. 2020-12-10. Newspapers.com.
2. Web site: 30 December 2019. Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett. 2020-12-08. Hawai'i Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemoration. en-US.
3. Web site: Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett. 2020-12-08. U.S. National Park Service. en.
4. Marino. Katherine M.. April 2020. The International History of the U.S. Suffrage Movement. Origins. 13. 7. Ohio State University.
5. News: 1919-03-07. Women Ask Vote and Right to Use it at Municipal Elections. 1. The Honolulu Advertiser. 2020-12-10. Newspapers.com. and News: 1919-03-07. Petition Legislature to Grant Suffrage to Women at Early Date. 2. The Honolulu Advertiser. 2020-12-10. Newspapers.com.
6. Web site: 2011 Program. 2020-12-11. Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History.
7. Web site: McGreevy. Nora. 13 August 2020. How the 19th Amendment Complicated the Status and Role of Women in Hawai'i. 2020-12-08. Smithsonian Magazine. en.
8. Web site: Coren. Ashleigh D.. Cohen. Sara E.. 24 August 2020. Eight Women's Voting History Stories You May Not Know. 2020-12-08. Because of Her Story. en-US.
9. Steele. Julia. October 2020. Daughters of Haumea. Hana Hou!. 23 . 4.