Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 5, 1 May 1999 — Celebrating womens history [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Celebrating womens history

Trustee Mililani Trask was featuied March 30 at La Pietra School for Girls' celebration of Women's History Month. Speaking on the role of women in Hawai'i's histoi7, she described the contributions of three models: Queen Lili'uokalanii, who practiced nonviolence even at he piiee of her throne; Harriet Bouslog, who,as one of the first women attorneys, won her cases as well as ihe respect of the entire bar; and Ah Quan McElrath, who became an effective lobbyist for the elderly by drawing others into her circle. Trastee Trask encouraged the smdents to aspire to leadership.

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