"Our women have always been just as interested in politics as our men. From earliest times they have had equal rights. They were always privileged to reign as queens and the premier was usually a woman. Before ever a white man saw these islands women took part in council meetings, often more actively than the men. They told their men how to conduct affairs and were generally considered the brains of families. Even today the average Hawaiian man votes as the wife tells him to."
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Linguists from the United StatesWomen activists from the United StatesWomen politicians in the United StatesWomen born in the 1870sPoliticians from Hawaii
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Biographical Sketch of Mary Haaheo Kinimaka Atcherley Retrieved 10 April 2025
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Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley
Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley (born Mary Ha'aheo Kinimaka, April 24, 1874 – March 8, 1933) was a Hawaiian activist. She was one of the first native Hawaiian women to run for public office in the Territory of Hawaii.
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