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1st Annual Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History Program
He Ho‘olaule‘a No Nā Mo‘olelo o Nā Wāhine, A Celebration of Women's History


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Program Sponsors:

Title and Presenting Sponsor
Iolani Palace

‘Iolani Palace


Associate Sponsors:

Contributing Sponsors:

photo credits:
Jeff Widener

2007 Program
Mission Memorial Auditorium, Honolulu Civic Center
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Saturday, April 28, 2007

Program

9:00am
Welcome by Alice Guild, The Friends of ‘Iolani Palace
Opening Chant, Oli Kahea, by Ka‘ala Pacheco, 9th grader, Kamehameha Schools

9:10am
Warrior Women: Employment of Wāhine Warriors to include Female Ali‘i as Musket Firing Warriors in the Battle of Nu‘uanu (May 1795)
Presenter: Noelani Mahoe, ‘Ōlohe Haka Pili Pa‘a
Sponsor: Pā Ku‘i a Lua

9:30-10:30am
Princess Nāhi‘ena‘ena [1815-1836]
Hawaiian Storytelling Tradition: The Pā‘ū of Nāhi‘ena‘ena
Presenter: Noelle M. K. Y. Kahanu, Bishop Museum

Pipili Kalani, mau ka honua ia la (When the Chiefs are Joined the Earth Remains Eternal)
Presenter: Ronald C. Williams Jr., Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

10:30-10:50am
Break featuring Valerio's Tropical Bakeshop pianomo dessert rolls and Starbucks Coffee

10:50-11:15am

Queen Ka‘ahumanu [c1768-1832]
Reconsiderations of the Roles of Women in the ‘Ainoa and Adoption of Foreign Laws in Hawai‘i
Presenter: Trisha Kehaulani Watson, J.D., Ph.D. (ABD), Research Fellow
Sponsor: Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law

11:15-11:35am
Laura Fish Judd [1804-1872]
Honolulu Sketches of Life from 1828 to 1861
Presenter: Mary Judd, retired archivist and Mission Houses Museum docent
Sponsor: Mission Houses Museum

11:35-12:00pm
Queen Emma [1836-1885]
Hospital Legacy
Presenters: Janice Kalanihuia and Paula Yoshioka
Sponsor: Queen's Medical Center

12:00-1:15pm
Catered lunch by Helena's Hawaiian Food

1:15-1:30pm
Chef Helen Kwock Chock: perpetuating Hawaiian Cuisine and recipient of the 2000 James Beard Foundation Award for Regional Classic
Presenters: Elaine Chock Katsuyoshi of Helena's Hawaiian Food Takahashi of the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapi‘olani Community College
Sponsor: Kapi‘olani Community College

1:30-1:50pm
Queen Kapi‘olani [1834-1899] and Princess Lili‘uokalani's [1838-1917]
Voyage and Reception Across America en route to Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Celebration, 1887
Presenter: Jamie Conway, ‘Iolani Palace docent program
Sponsor: ‘Iolani Palace

1:50-2:20pm
Mother Marianne of Moloka‘i
Thirty Five Years of Service (1883-1918) to the Hansen Patients of O‘ahu, Māui, and the Kalaupapa Peninsula; Matron of the Home for Leprous Girls and the Boys Home at Kalawao, Moloka‘i
Presenter: Sister Alicia Damien Lau
Sponsor: Sisters of Saint Francis in Hawai‘i

2:20-2:55pm
Territorial Clubwomen: The Founding of The Ka‘ahumanu Society (1905) and The Outdoor Circle (1911)
Presenters Donna Lei Smythe with Ka‘ahumanu Society members and Dr. Margit Misangyi Watts
Sponsor: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

2:55-3:15pm
Break featuring the Honolulu Design Center's Stage Restaurant pastries

3:15-3:40pm
Madge Tennent [1889-1972]
Hawaiian Women on Canvas
Presenter: Curator Betsy Forrest Robb
Sponsor: Honolulu Academy of Arts

3:40-4:50pm
Keepers of the Flame: The Legacy of Three Hawaiian Women (2005), by Eddie and Myrna Kamae.
The film examines the contributions of revered Hawaiian scholar and linguist Mary Kawena Pukui [1895-1986], Hula Master ‘Iolani Luahine [1915-1978], and Songwriter and Educator Edith Kanakaole [1913-1979]
Presenter: Producer Myrna Kamae
Sponsor: Pacific Islanders in Communications

4:50-5:00pm
Closing Comments, Closing Chant, and Hawai‘i Pono‘i