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Books, Reports, Theses, Papers and Articles
From The Hawaiian Journal of History

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Abramson, Joan. Sex and the Ph.D. in the UH College of Arts and Sciences. Honolulu: 1972. 6 leaves.

Brief report on University of Hawaii at Manoa; mainly statistical tables and graphs.

__________, and Norman Abramson. The Invisible Woman: Discrimination in the Academic Profession. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1975. xii, 248 p.

Account by former director of New College and chairman of the Faculty Senate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 1970s who claims she was denied tenure. Written to guide administrators to recognize discrimination and to correct such situations.

[Affirmative Action Plan].
Each Hawaii state department and many institutions and organizations have affirmative action plans that include women. Only the Hawaii Dept. of Education and the University of Hawaii, two agencies with women educators, and the Governor's Office and the City and County of Honolulu are included in this bibliography.

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Hawaii. Dept. of Education. Management Audit & Civil Rights Branch. Affirmative Action Plan, Department of Education, State of Hawaii. Honolulu: The Dept., 1984. 1 v. (various pagings). Kept up to date by supplements.

__________. Personnel Management, Certification and Development Branch. Department of Education, State of Hawaii, Affirmative Action Plan for Women, July 1, 1976 to September 30, 1977. Honolulu: The Office, 1976. 23 p.

Hawaii. Legislature. Office of the Legislative Auditor. Review of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at the University of Hawaii : a Report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of Hawaii. Report no. 91-13. Honolulu: The Auditor, 1991. vi, 43 p.

Hawaii. Office of the Governor. State of Hawaii Affirmative Action Plan. "Prepared by Patricia K. Brandt, coordinator, Office of Affirmative Action, with the assistance of Leinaala Dunaway...[et al]". Honolulu: The Office, 1980. 92, [74] p.

Honolulu. Dept. of Civil Service. Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action Handbook. Honolulu: The Dept., 1976. vii, 438 p.

University of Hawaii at Manoa. Affirmative Action Plan. Honolulu: The University, 1 v. (looseleaf). 1973, 1986 - . Currently an annual.

University of Hawaii (System). Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Office. University of Hawaii Affirmative Action Plans. 1978? 1 v. (various pagings).

Plans for each college in University of Hawaii system.

Alama, Jerald Kimo. Wahine Holo Lio = "Women on Horseback." Honolulu, 1986. 29 [8] leaves. Text in English and Hawaiian.

History of Native Hawaiian women and horseback riding, including clothing worn by pa'u (women's western riding skirt outfit) riders. Includes chants and black and white photocopies of illustrations.

Allen, Gwenfread Elaine. Bridge Builders: the Story of Theodore and Mary Atherton Richards. Honolulu: Hawaii Conference Foundation, 1970. 260 p.

Biography of missionary wife, 1869-1951.

__________. Kaahumanu and Her Relations with the American Missionaries. Honolulu, 1924. 48 leaves.

Paper on Ka'ahumanu (died 1832), favorite wife of Kamehameha I.

Allen, Helena G. Betrayal of Liliuokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, [1991]. 432 p. Originally published in 1982.

Important work on Hawaiian history, detailing the usurpation of Hawaii from the Native Hawaiians in 1893. Captures Hawaii during her lifetime.

Anderson, Earlie Bridges. "The Life-History Correlates, Work-Related Motivational Characteristics, and Role-Identification Factors of On-Site Women Administrators in Hawaiian Public Schools." Ed.D. dissertation (Education), University of Southern California, 1977. v, 123 leaves.

Dissertation analyzes responses of twenty-seven women school principals to a questionnaire to determine common characteristics of education, motivation, career role perceptions, and experiences of sexual discrimination.

Anderson, Rufus. Kapiolani, the Heroine of Hawaii; or, a Triumph of Grace at the Sandwich Islands. Originally published in Hours at Home, May 1866. New York: Scribners, 1866.    8 p.

Account of Chiefess Kapi'olani (1781-1841) and her disregarding the Hawaiian goddess, Pele, in a visit to the volcano, and her adoption of Christianity.

Aoki, Sophie Ann. Out of the Cage, Women Emerging. Edited by Judy Robinson Parrish and Nancy Foon Young. Honolulu: Educational Foundations, University of Hawaii, 1976. iv, 48 p.

Discusses problems of women in Hawaii and their fight for equal rights. Includes black and white photographs.

Archibald Cleghorn: Governor of O'ahu Hawaii, Husband of Princess Likelike, Father of Princess Victoria Kaiulani. [s.l.: s.n., 19--]. 6 leaves. Text in English and Hawaiian.

Short articles on Ka'iulani (1875-1899) and her mother, Miriam Likelike (1851-1887) includes song (1893) by Ellen K. Prendergast about Ka'iulani, translated into English from Hawaiian. Includes one chant on Ka'iulani, and numerous black and white photographs.

Ariyoshi, Rita. Hula is Life: the Story of Halau Hula o Maiki. With excerpts from the unpublished writings of Maiki Aiu ; edited by Lee Puakeala Mann. Honolulu: Maiki Aiu Building Corp., 1998. 129 p.

Biography of Native Hawaiian kumu hula Maiki Aiu (1925-1984), a major figure in the "Hawaiian Renaissance." Includes many black and white photographs.

Artists of Hawaii. Photographs by Francis Haar. Vol. 1 Interviews by Prithwish Neogy, with an introduction by Jean Charlot. Vol. 2 Photographs and interviews by Francis Haar. Edited by Murray Turnbull. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1974, 1977. 2 v.

Presents the works of contemporary artists, including twelve women and their contributions to the world of art. Includes short biographical sketches. Vol.1: Juliette May Fraser, Sueko M. Kimura, Shirley Russell, Madge Tennent, Tseng Yu-ho (Betty Ecke). Vol. 2: Ruthadell Anderson, Pegge Hopper, Erica Karawina, Alice Kagawa Parrott, Toshiko Takaezu. Illustrations in black and white and in color.

Asato, Laureen R. "Coverture, the Right to Contract, and the Status of Women in Hawaii: Pre-Contact to 1888." M.A. thesis (Sociology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1981. vii, 107 leaves.

Master's thesis on 1846 law which restricted women's ability to make contracts, its enforcement, and effects on status of women in Hawaii. Illustrations in black and white and in color.

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Baker, Ray Jerome. Princess Kaiulani: a Brief Biographical Sketch of Hawaii's Beloved Princess. Honolulu, R.J. Baker, 1954. 1 v.

Pictorial study, with two-page biography of young heiress (1875-1899) to the Hawaiian throne who died at age twenty-three. Includes black and white photographs.

Beamer, Helen Desha. Songs of Helen Desha Beamer. Edited by Marmionett M. Kaaihue. Honolulu: Abigail K. Kawananakoa Foundation, 1991. xii, 115 p.

Biographical sketch of noted Native Hawaiian composer (1881-1952) is included. Many of the songs (lyrics and music), which include those of her family, have notes about the songs; black and white photographs.

Beamer, Winona. Na Hula o Hawaii , the Songs and Dances of the Beamer Family. Edited by Murry Engle. Musical notations by Zillah S. Young, Kalehuamakanoe Harvard, Carol A. Jenkins. Hawaiian bicentennial library no. 5. Honolulu: Island Heritage, 1976. 196 p.

Recounts childhood of Native Hawaiian hula teaching author (born 1923), her parents and sons, and includes information on hula and Hawaiian culture. Includes black and white and color photographs.

[Beauty and Scholarship Pageant Programs].
There are published programs for a variety of beauty and scholarship pageants. They include: Miss Hawaii, Mrs. Hawaii, Cherry Blossom (Japanese women), Miss Chinatown, Narcissus (Chinese women), several for Filipino women, and others for teenagers.

Beckwith, Martha Warren. Hawaiian Mythology. With a new introduction by Katharine Luomala. Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, 1970. 575 p. Originally published in 1940.

Biographical sketch of the author (1871-1959), an anthropologist, included in the introduction.

Bego, Mark. Bette Midler Outrageously Divine: an Unauthorized Biography. New York: New American Library, 1987. 190 p. plus [8 pages of plates]

Biography of Hollywood film and network television entertainer born (1945) and raised in Hawaii and her early interest in acting.

Bellerose, Albert J. Princess Ka'iulani: Color Me Hawaii. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1990. 128 p.

Coloring book format of black and white drawings with captions on many pages narrating life of the young heiress (1875-1899) to the Hawaiian throne who died at age twenty-three.

Benton, Russell E. Emma Naea Rooke (1836-1885), Beloved Queen of Hawaii. Mellen studies in history, v. 5. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1988. 65 p., i-v.

Biography of the wife (1836-1885) of Kamehameha IV (Alexander Liholiho).

Bishop, Bernice Pauahi. A Report of Voyages to and Travels on Hawaii, Maui, and Molokai Undertaken by the Students of The Chief's Children's School in the Summer of 1846. "Published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop (December 19, 1831-October 16, 1884)". Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1981. 15 p.

"Primarily a transcription of a diary kept by Bernice Pauahi Bishop of travels taken in 1846." Includes a daguerreotype of Pauahi taken in 1847 at age fifteen.

Black, Cobey, and Kathleen Dickenson Mellen. Princess Pauahi Bishop and Her Legacy. Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools, 1965. 172 p.

Commemorates 75th anniversary of the Kamehameha Schools endowed by Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831-1884). Includes black and white photographs and illustrations.

Blair, Robert Chad. "Democracy in Hawaii: Class, Race, and Gender in Local Politics." Ph.D. dissertation (American Studies), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. 2 vols.

Dissertation on various factors in creating a highly socially stratified Hawaii.

Blascoer, Frances. The Industrial Condition of Women and Girls in Honolulu; a Social Study. Honolulu social survey; 1st study. Prepared for the Board of Trustees of the Kaiulani Home for Young Women and Girls. Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Printers, 1912. 99, [1] p.

Report on working and housing conditions of female workers in various occupations. includes some ethnic information.

Boren, Denise M. "Value Orientations, Barriers and Benefits, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Young Filipino Women." M.S. thesis (Nursing), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1994. x, 144 leaves.

Master's thesis examines attitudes of 61 Filipina immigrant women toward heart disease.

Boro, Hardy. Three Hawaiian Women Writers. 1993. 38 leaves.

Paper on contemporary literary authors, Leialoha Apo Perkins, Puanani Burgess and Mahealani Kamauu.

Botorff, Bruce P. "Continuity and Change: a History of the YWCA of Honolulu 1900-1945." Ph.D. dissertation (American Studies), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1999. vi, 259 p.

Dissertation on role of Y.W.C.A. (Young Women's Christian Association) in education and socialization of Asian women in an institution founded and for many years dominated by missionary descendants.

Bouslog, Charles S., "Doctor Auguste Jean Baptiste and Evelyn Oliver Marques," Hawaiian Journal of History, v. 26, 1992. pp. 157-164.

Article on a Portuguese physician (1841-1929) of Honolulu and his Canadian-born wife (1863-1937) of Honolulu.

Boutelle, Sara Holmes. Julia Morgan, Architect. Photographs by Richard Barnes. Rev. and enlarged ed. New York: Abbeville Press, 1995. 271 p. Originally published in 1988.

The work of prominent California architect (1872-1957) includes Y.W.C.A. (Young Women's Christian Association) building in Honolulu built in the late 1920s. Includes black and white photographs and floor plan of the building still in use today.

Breitha, Olivia Robello. Olivia: My Life of Exile in Kalaupapa. Honolulu: Arizona Memorial Museum Association. 1988. vii, 104 p.

Autobiography of a Native Hawaiian woman who at age nineteen in 1937 was sent to the Hansen's disease settlement on Moloka'i where she has lived for over 45 years. Includes black and white photographs.

Brewster, Mary. "She Was a Sister Sailor": the Whaling Journals of Mary Brewster, 1845-1851. Edited by Joan Druett. Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1992. xx, 449 p.

Based on the diaries of a woman who accompanied her husband on two whaling voyages. Includes observances of Hawaii. Includes black and white photographs and illustrations.

Broussard, Albert S. African American Odyssey: the Stewarts, 1853-1963. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1998. x, 244 p.

Two chapters on this African American family are on Carlotta Stewart, teacher and principal, who lived in Hawaii , 1898-1952. Includes black and white photographs.

__________. Carlotta Stewart and the Search for the Black Past in Hawaii. Honolulu: A.S. Broussard, 1989. 24 leaves.

Paper on the African American educator.

__________. "Carlotta Stewart Lai, a Black Teacher in the Territory of Hawaii." Hawaiian Journal of History, v.24, 1990. pp. 129-154.

Article on the African American educator who married Yuen Tim Lai of Kaua'i, a Chinese, in 1916.

__________. "Carlotta Stewart Lai and Black-Hawaiian Relations: a Case Study of a Black Teacher in Hawaii." Honolulu, 1990. 27 leaves.

Paper on the African American educator and race relations in the islands.

Burns, Irma Gerner. Maui's Mittee and the General; a Glimpse into the Lives of Mr. Baldwin and Mrs. Frank Fowler Baldwin. Honolulu: Ku Paya, Inc., 1991. 170 p.

Harriet "Mittee" Kittredge Baldwin was the wife of the plantation manager at Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar [Plantation] Co., Pu'unene, Maui in the first half of the twentieth century. Includes history of the Baldwin family. Includes black and white photographs.

Byrne, Leelanganie Sita Nissanka. "Personal and Social Factors as Predictors of Breast Cancer Detection Practices of Women in Four Ethnic Groups in Hawaii." D.P.H. dissertation (Public Health), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1986. xi, 152 leaves.

Dissertation on breast cancer among Caucasian, Japanese, Hawaiian/part-Hawaiian and Filipino women.

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Calhoun, Avery J. "Correctional Worker Risk for Perpetrating Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates." Ph.D. dissertation (Social Welfare), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. xi, 155 leaves.

Dissertation on correctional workers, sexual abuse, and need for social worker intervention.

Campbell, Susan M. "The Ladies of Honolulu: 1850-1900." M.A. thesis (American Studies), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1982. 80 leaves.

Master's thesis; Caucasian women, "ladies of leisure" by virtue of their social and economic position, are revealed through their diaries, journals, and letters. Public documents, writings by clergy, and newspaper reports of social activities and business connections of their men reveal the separate culture of these women within their male-dominated world. The population of this class of women grew from less than 300 in 1853 to about 1,000 in 1899.

Carter, Sybil Augusta Judd. Kaahumanu, a Memorial. Prepared ... and Read Before the Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands, December 6, 1892. Honolulu: Robert Grieve, 1899. 34 p.

Short biography of the early Hawaiian Kingdom's powerful queen (died 1832), and the strong character of Kamehameha I's favorite wife.

Casey, Rebecca. "Mentoring for Junior Faculty Women: Analyzing Relationships that Support Personal Development and Professional Socialization." M.Ed. thesis (Educational Administration), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. vi, 129 leaves.

Master's thesis on multiple year mentoring program at the University of Hawaii, based on interviews of new junior faculty in 1995.

Castle, Alfred L. "Harriet Castle and the Beginnings of Progressive Kindergarten Education in Hawaii, 1894-1900." Hawaiian Journal of History, v.23, 1989. pp.119-136.

Article on Harriet Castle who introduced John Dewey's ideas in Hawaii and her impact on teaching practices of kindergartens in Honolulu from 1894 to 1900.

Cayaban, Ines V. Goodly Heritage. Hong Kong: Gulliver Books, 1981. 151 p.

Autobiography of a Filipina nurse, a pioneer in public health who came to Hawaii in 1931, worked at Palama Settlement in Honolulu and who promoted Filipino dance and culture. Includes black and white photographs.

__________. Ines Cayaban: a Life History: As Told to Yvonne Yarber. Honolulu: Hawaii Dept. of Education, 1991. xi, 44 p.

Pictorial autobiography of black and white photographs of a Filipina nurse.

Central Intermediate School, Honolulu. The Past in Review: a History of Central Intermediate School: "A publication in commemoration of our Nation's bicentennial celebration." Honolulu: Central Intermediate School, 1976. [30] leaves.

Includes biographical sketch of Princess Ruth Ke'elikolani (1826-1883) whose home is now the site of the school. Includes black and white photographs.

Chadwin, Dean. WahineBall: The Story of Hawaii's Most Beloved Team. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 1997. xviii, 188 p., [16] p. of plates.

Chronicles the successful years of the University of Hawaii at Manoa's volleyball team, Na Wahine, in the mid 1990s. Includes black and white photographs.

Chang, Deanna Bau Kung. "The Conversion of a Violated Self: a Battered Woman's Process of Becoming a Self-Saver." Ph.D. dissertation (Sociology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. xvi, 295 leaves.

Dissertation examines self-saving processes of abused women.

__________. "The Feminization of University of Hawaii Faculty Wives." M.A. thesis (Sociology), University of Hawaii, 1973. vi, 154 leaves.

Master's thesis based on response to a questionnaire, the study notes correlations between attitudes toward division of labor in the home and involvement in activities aiming at sex inequities; attitude toward women's prestige, political power, and achievement in America and involvement in feminist activities; relationship between experience with discrimination and feminist activities; political liberal or conservative orientation and participation in feminist activities. Breakdown and analysis are by age, ethnicity, and education.

Chapin, Helen Geracimos. "From Sparta to Spencer Street: Greek Women in Hawaii." Hawaiian Journal of History, v.13, 1979. pp. l36-156.

Article on twelve Greek women who emigrated between 1903 and 1940: Valentine Souslides Anastasopulos, Julia Theophiles Anastasopulos, Aphrodite Coumandarkis Chrones, Poppy Geracimos Detor, Pota Demetrak Geracimos Jardine, Urania Souslides Giavis Michopulos, Athena Geracimos Lycurgus, Joan Maggioros Triandafyllides, Catherine (Kay) Maggioros Negrin, Despina Aslani Psalti, Julia Constantopoulos Sideris Jones, Coralia Psalti Souslides.

__________ and David W. Forbes. "The Folio of 1855 -a Plea for Women's Rights." Hawaiian Journal of History, v. 19, 1985. pp. 122-133.

Article on history of first women's newspaper in Hawaii.

Chapman, M. Winslow. "When Halley's Comet Came: Letters of Anne Goodwin Winslow 1908-1911," Hawaiian Journal of History, v. 19, 1985. pp. 149-178.

Article mainly of letters on life in the islands while based in Hawaii with her husband who was with the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Includes first hand account of seeing Halley's Comet in 1910. Includes black and white photographs.

Charlot, Jean, The Donald Angus Collection of Oil Paintings by Madge Tennent, Contemporary Arts Center of Hawaii, February 22 to March 15. Honolulu,: 1968, [8] p.

Exhibit catalog includes color and black and white reproductions.

Chase, Lida Gazlay. "Differential Sibling Experience and Individual Factors as Determinants of Choice of Traditional Versus Nontraditional Careers by Women." Ph.D. dissertation (Psychology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1989. viii, 100 leaves.

Dissertation on students at University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1987 on siblings and career choice.

Cheng, Lucie. Those Who Stayed Home: Emigration and the Women of Taishan. Honolulu: s.n., 1988. 20 p. Paper presented at the Conference Lucky Come Hawaii: the Chinese in Hawaii, July 18-21, 1988, East-West Center, Honolulu. 20 p.

Discusses women in China married to immigrants to Hawaii.

Chenoweth, Candace A. and Kam Napier. Shuffleboard Pilots: the History of the Women's Air Raid Defense in Hawaii, 1941-1945. Honolulu: Arizona Memorial Museum Association, 1991. 88 p.

History of work and social life of the civilain W.A.R.D. in air raid defense during World War II. Includes black and white photographs.

Chesney-Lind, Meda. "Female Juvenile Delinquency in Hawaii." M.A. thesis (Sociology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1971. v, 152 leaves.

Master's thesis on demographic characteristics, offense profiles, and treatment of male and female adolescent delinquents during 1929-30, with emphasis on variations in court reactions to females.

__________. Guilty by Reason of Sex; Young Women and the Juvenile Justice System. Honolulu: Youth Development and Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1981. 48 p.

Study of female delinquents and their treatment.

__________. "Motherhood as Option or Destiny: Pregnancy Decision-Making Among Childless Women." Ph.D. dissertation (Sociology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1977. xii, 299 leaves.

Dissertation analyzes pregnancy decisions of 172 Hawaii women in 1970-71 and compares decision-making behavior of women facing motherhood at a time of legalized abortion.

__________. Prisoners in Paradise: Women's Prison Problems in Hawaii. Honolulu: Youth Development and Research Center, University of Hawaii, Report no. 335. 1987. 6 leaves.

Report on conditions of female prisoners.

Cheung, Ting Ping, Sharon Okamura, and Diana Underwood. "Prenatal Diagnosis: an Exploratory Attitudinal Study of Women Attending the Rural O'ahu Family Planning Project clinics." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii, 1978. vi, 127 leaves.

Questionnaire responses from 122 women attending Family Planning Clinics on O'ahu are analyzed by factors such as age, ethnicity, marital status, education, religion, and obstetrical-gynecological experiences to determine attitudes toward prenatal diagnosis and factors which influence these attitudes.

Chinen, Joyce N. Cigars and Support Hose: Women and the Multinationals. Honolulu: American Friends Service Committee, Hawaii Area Program Office, 1978. 8, [1] p.

Paper on Dole Pineapple Co. workers and the impact of the global economy in the 1970s.

__________. "New Patterns in the Garment Industry: State Intervention, Women and Work in Hawaii." Ph.D. dissertation (Sociology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1989. xii, 254 p.

Dissertation of a case study of the garment industry in Hawaii includes the role of women.

Chinn, Pauline W.U. "Becoming a Scientist: Narratives of Women Entering Science and Engineering." D. Ed. Dissertation (Curriculum and Instruction), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. vii, 222 leaves.

Dissertation based on interviews includes four Hawaii women engineers identified by first name only of Polynesian or Filipino background.

Cleghorn, Archibald Scott. Memorial Volume in Honor of H.R.H. the Princess Miriam Likelike. [s.l.: s.n.], 1887. xiii, 85 p. Text in English and Hawaiian.

Letters of condolence, resolutions, and chants on the death of the mother (1851-1887) of Ka'iulani and sister of Kalakaua and Lili'uokalani. In English and Hawaiian.

Collins, Winifred Quick. More Than a Uniform: a Navy Woman in a Navy Man's World. With Herbert M. Levine ; foreword by Arleigh Burke. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1997. xxiii, 241 p.

Autobiography of a member of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (U.S. Navy Women's Reserve) includes brief account of her assignment in Hawaii during World War II.

Comstock, Jane. Keopuolani. Honolulu: 1924. Paper, written for History 20, University of Hawaii. 28 leaves.

Paper on Keopuolani (circa 1778-1823), sacred wife of Kamehameha I, and mother of Nahi'ena'ena and Kamehameha II and III.

Cooke, Amos Starr. Amos Starr Cooke and Juliette Montague Cooke, Their Autobiographies Gleaned From Their Journals and Letters by Their Grandaughter, Mary Atherton Richards. Honolulu: Daughters of Hawaii, 1987. 602 p.

Includes life of Protestant missionary wife, Juliette Montague Cooke (1812-1896). Includes black and white photographs.

Coronation of Their Majesties, the King and Queen of the Hawaiian Islands, at Honolulu, Feb. 12, 1883 [and Unveiling of the Statue of Kamehameha I]. Honolulu: Printed at the Advertiser Steam Printing House, 1883. 24 p. Abridged ed., 1983, 16 p.

Contemporary report on the coronation of King Kalakaua and Queen Kapi'olani.

Crane, Cheryl. Detour: a Hollywood Story. By Cheryl Crane with Cliff Jahr. New York, NY: Arbor House/William Morrow, 1988. xi, 334 p.

Autobiography of Hollywood actress Lana Turner's daughter who lived in Hawaii for a short time in the 1980s. Includes black and white photographs.

Curtis, Caroline. Builders of Hawaii. Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press, 1966. x, 266 p.

Juvenile biographies of significant men and women between 1778-1898, includes Ka'ahumanu, Kapi'olani, Kina'u, Bernice Pauahi Bishop and Lili'uokalani. Includes black and white illustrations.

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Damon, Ethel Moseley. David Belden Lyman, Sarah Joiner Lyman, 1832-1932. [s.l.], 1932. [30] p. Later published as Part 2 of The Lymans of Hilo, 1979.

Biography of Sarah Lyman (1805-1885) who with her missionary husband, David, founded and operated the Hilo Boarding School on Hawaii Island.

__________. Koamalu: A Story of Pioneers on Kauai, and of What They Built in That Island. Honolulu: Privately printed, 1931. 2 v.

Account of nineteenth century families, the Paul Isenberg family, and the William Harrison and Mary Sophia Hyde Rice family, including two daughters who became prominent in Hawaii's social and cultural life.
SEE Rice Family.

__________, ed. Letters From the Life of Abner and Lucy Wilcox, 1836-1869. Privately printed, 1950. 402 p.

Lucy Wilcox, who taught on Kaua'i, was a member of the eighth company of Protestant missionaries who arrived in Honolulu in 1837.

Davenport, William H. Pi'o: an Enquiry into the Marriage of Brothers and Sisters and Other Close Relatives in old Hawaii. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1994. xii, 91 p.

Discusses traditional "marriage" of Native Hawaiian ali'i (of chiefly rank). Includes list of consanguineous unions.

Davidson, Sue. A Heart in Politics: Jeannette Rankin and Patsy T. Mink. Seattle: Seal Press, 1994. Women Who Dared series. vii, 183 p.

Includes political career of Patsy T. Mink (born 1924), first Japanese American woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives, 1965-1976 and again from 1990 to date.

De Haven-Jordan, Lisa. "Investigation of Male-Female Differences in a Demographic Study of the Client Population of a Mental Health Clinic." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1979. 20 leaves.

Social work paper investigates admissions 18 years old and above to Aiea Counseling Service in 1975 through 1978 on differences between men and women.

Delva, Jorge. "Risk for Increased Alcohol and Drug Use and Related Problems Among Female Recipients of Public Assistance." Ph.D. dissertation (Social Welfare), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. xiii, 151 leaves.

Dissertation on factors affecting women receiving public assistance.

Des Jarlais, Christine D. "Determinants of Faculty Morale in an American Public Research University: Gender Differences Within and Between Academic Departments." Ed.D. dissertation (Educational Administration), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. xii, 175 leaves.

Dissertation on faculty morale and gender differences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the late 1990s.

des Marets, Jacquelyn. "Lesbians, Motherhood, and the Courts." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1979. v, 69 leaves.

Social work paper includes legal aspects related to Hawaii social workers.

Dick-Barnes, Margaret Lilja. "Differences in Maternal Verbalizations and Involvement During Hawaiian Mother-Child Interactions." Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1986. xi, 237 leaves.

Dissertation on Native Hawaiian mothers and their pre-school children.

Displaced Homemakers Network. A Status Report on Displaced Homemakers and Single Parents in Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii. 1988. Various paging.

Report compares national and state demographic characteristics descriptive of single parents and displaced homemakers.

Doyle, Emma (Lyons), and Maili Frost Yardley. Hanaiakamalama; Queen Emma's Home in Nuuanu Valley Maintained as a Museum by the Daughters of Hawaii. Rev. ed. Honolulu: Daughters of Hawaii, 1960. 16 p.

Brief account of the Queen's (1836-1885) country retreat in Honolulu.

Durkin, Mary Cabrini, O.S.U. Mother Marianne of Moloka'i: Heroic Woman of Hawaii. Collaborator: Sr. Mary Laurence Hanley, O.S.F.; Illustrations by Augusta Curreli. Cedex, France: Editions du Signe, 1999. 71 p.

Juvenile biography of the Catholic sister (1838-1918) who worked with Father Damien at Kalaupapa, the Hansen's Disease settlement on Molokai. Includes colored illustrations.

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Ecke, Betty.
SEE Tseng Yu-ho.

Edward K. Noda and Associates, Inc. Women's Community Correctional Center: Asbestos Investigative Survey Report for the Department of Public Safety Statewide Asbestos Survey. Prepared for Department of Accounting and General Services, Division of Public Works. Honolulu: The Firm, 1998. 1 v. (various pagings).

Report on asbestos at the women's prison.

Ellis, William (Rev.). Memoir of Mary Mercy Ellis, Wife of Rev. William Ellis ... Including Notices of Heathen Society, of the Details of Missionary Life, and the Remarkable Manifestations of Divine Goodness in Severe Protracted Affliction. London: The Religious Tract Society, 1838. vii, 176p. Originally published 1835.

Detailed account of the life of a missionary's wife (1793-1835) written by her husband. Includes black and white portrait.

Encyclopedia of Hawaii.
SEE Gething, Judith, and others. "The Women." In Encyclopedia of Hawaii, 1980.

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Family Health Annual Numbers. 1994 - . Formerly Women and Infant Numbers in Hawaii. 1989-1993. Formerly WIN in Hawaii. 1989-1990. Honolulu: Family Health Services Div., Hawaii State Dept. of Health.

Statistics on women's health and childbirth.

Filipino Business Women's Association (Hawaii). 10th Anniversary Celebration & Installation of Officers. Aiea, HI: The Association, 1993. 1 v. (unpaged).

Program for the anniversary in 1993 includes brief articles and black and white photographs.

Financial Independence for Women. A Project of the Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Women. Honolulu: The Committee, 1995. iv, 39 p.

Guide to resources on financial planning includes organizations and services.

Financial Seminars for Women (4th: 1983). Financial Seminars for Women: Pathways to Financial Security. Honolulu: First Hawaiian Bank, 1983. 41 p.

Practical information presented in a series of public seminars.

Fleming, Paulette, Judith Gatto, Janet Horie, Sharon Noguchi , and Yontraraksa Somsong. "Socio-Cultural Characteristics Associated with Contraceptive Practices; a Study of Contraceptive Behavior in Hawaiian/Part-Hawaiian, Filipino, and Samoan Women in Selected Low-Income Housing Projects in Honolulu: Hawaii." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1973.

Social work paper on cultural, social, and economic relationships in three ethnic groups, in acculturation with respect to the use of contraceptives.

Forbes, David. Queen Emma and Lawai. Lihu'e: Kauai Historical Society, 1970, 1977. 20 p.

Account of Queen Emma's (1836-1885) vacation at Lawa'i, Kaua'i, and her interest in the development of that area. Includes black and white photographs and drawings.

Frankenstein, Alfred Victor. The Royal Visitors. Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society, 1963.   32 p.

Kamamalu (born circa 1803) (one of the wives) and her husband Kamehameha II (Liholiho [born 1796]) visited England where they died of measles in 1824. Includes black and white and colored photographs.

Fraser, Juliette May. Ke Anuenue. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1952. 92 p.

Album of the artist's work on the interpretation of Native Hawaiian culture based on legends.

Frazier, Frances N., translator. "The True Story of Kaluaiko'olau, or Ko'olau the Leper." By Kahikina Kelekona. Hawaiian Journal of History, v. 21 (1987). pp. 1-41.
SEE Sheldon, John G. M. (Kelekona, Kahikina).

Fricker, Sandra Kaeko Machida. "Achievement Orientation of Adolescent Women of Hawaiian, Japanese, and Pilipino-American descent." M.S. thesis, University of California at Davis, 1974. iii, 51 leaves.

Master's thesis on young women and achievement orientation.

From Mabuhay to Aloha: The Filipinos in Hawaii. Honolulu: Filipino Association of University Women, 1991. vi, 195 p.

Articles, short stories and poetry by Filipino men and women about the urban Filipino born in Hawaii or who immigrated from the Philippines in 1965 or later. Includes black and white photographs.

Funeral Obsequies of the Late Queen Dowager, Emma Kaleleonalani, Relict oe [sic] the Late Kamehameha IV: Lying in State, Memorial Discourses, Incidents, the Will, &c., &c. Honolulu: J.M. Oat, 1885. 43 p.

Accounts of Queen Emma's funeral in 1885 originally published in the Hawaiian Gazette, April 19, May 6, 13 and 20 of that year. Includes the will, chants, etc.

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Gates, Nancy S. Patsy T. Mink, Democratic Representative From Hawaii. Washington: Grossman Publishers, 1972. 15 p.

Profile of first Japanese American woman (born 1927) elected to U.S. House of Representatives, her interests, voting patterns, activities and ratings during her terms in office.

Gething, Judith R. "Christianity and Coverture: Impact on the Legal Status of Women in Hawaii, 1820-1920." Hawaiian Journal of History, v.11, 1977. pp. 188-220.

Article traces changes in legal status of women during a hundred year period beginning with the arrival of the first missionaries in 1820.

__________. "The Educational and Civic Leadership of Elsie Wilcox, 1902-1932." Hawaiian Journal of History, v.16, 1982. pp. 184-205.

Article on Miss Wilcox (1879-1954), Commissioner for Education from Kaua'i who was later elected the first woman Territorial senator in 1932.

__________. Sex Discrimination and the Law in Hawaii, a Guide to Your Legal Rights. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1979. xiv, 114 p.

Informative book on developments in federal law as well as current laws in Hawaii. Intended for the lay reader to understand what can be done to prevent unfair discrimination.

__________. and others. "The Women." In Encyclopedia of Hawaii. Edited by Robert Scott. 1980. 98 p. 3 microfilm reels. Original in Hawaii State Archives.

Includes the role and political activities of Queen Emma (1836-1885).

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SEE ALSO Hughes, Judith Dean Gething.

The Gift of Experience: Women Sharing With Women: Financial Strategies For Separated, Divorced and Widowed Women. Honolulu: Hawaii Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii. 1988. 17 p.

Group discussion activity package providing women the opportunity to share their insights, ideas, advice and anecdotes.

Goldkuhle, Ute. "Stress Factors and Response Effects on Health Services Utilization Among Women in Prison." D.P.H. dissertation (Public Health), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. xv, 183 leaves.

Dissertation on sociodemographic factors and other variables on the health of female prisoners.

Goldsborough, Dorothy M. "Adaptations to Dilemmas of Coed Partnering in Male Prisons." Ph.D. dissertation (Sociology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1997. xi, 294 leaves.

Dissertation on women custodial staff in Hawaii's male prisons.

Grimshaw, Patricia. "New England Missionary Wives, Hawaiian Women and 'The Cult of True Womanhood.'" Hawaiian Journal of History, v.19, 1985. pp. 71-100.

Article on three decades of intercultural contact between both groups of women since the arrival of the Protestant missionaries in 1820.

__________. Paths of Duty: American Missionary Wives in Nineteenth-Century Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989. xxiii, 246 p.

Poignant account of eighty women and their work with the American Protestant mission in Hawaii from 1819 to the mid-nineteenth century.

Grinnell, Hilda W. Annie Montague Alexander. Berkeley, CA: Grinnell Naturalists Society, 1958. 27 p.

Brief sketch of a prominent scientist (1857-1950), a missionary descendant, who taught at University of California at Berkeley. Includes black and white photographs.

Grune, Anna Maria R. "Preservation Plan and Maintenance Plan for La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls." M.Arch. thesis (Architecture), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. xv, 197 leaves.

Includes brief history of the school in former home of the Dillingham family in Waikïkï. Includes color and black and white photographs.

Gurnani-Smith, Ruth. Ka 'A'ahu, na Mea Ho'ohiehie a me ka Ho'ohelohelo o ka Po'e Kahiko = Fashion and Personal Beauty in Old Hawaii. Honolulu, 1991. 1 v.

Discusses garments, body ornaments, tattoos, hairstyles, personal care, kapu, and other aspects of fashion and beauty in traditional Hawaiian culture. Numerous photocopies of illustrations.

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Haar, Francis. Iolani Luahine. Photographs by Francis Haar; narrative by Cobey H. Black. Honolulu: Topgallant Pub. Co., 1985. 89 p. Text in English and Hawaiian.

Biographical sketch of a foremost Native Hawaiian hula dancer and teacher (1915-1978), with chants and full-page and black and white photographs by a noted photographer.

Haas, Michael. Job Discrimination: What It Is and How to Avoid It. Honolulu: Coventry Press, 1975. 20 p.

Includes sex discrimination in employment.

Hackler, Rhoda E. A., "My Dear Friend: Letters of Queen Victoria and Queen Emma," Hawaiian Journal of History, v. 11, 1988. pp. 101-130.

Article on letters between Queen Emma (wife of Kamehameha IV, widowed in 1863) and Queen Victoria of England between 1862-1882).

Hall, Charlotte V. Brief History of Panhellenic in Hawaii. Honolulu: Women's Pan-hellenic of Hawaii, 1957. 24 p.

History of association of alumnae of different sororities.

Hall, Dale E. "Two Hawaiian Careers in Grand Opera." [Ululani McQuaid Robertson] Hawaiian Journal of History, v. 26, 1992. pp. 165-184.

Article includes Ululani McQuaid Robertson (1890-1970), Native Hawaiian opera singer's career from 1926 to the 1930s.

Hamada, Roger Saburo. "Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Mother-infant Interaction in Mothers Exposed to Perinatal Intensive." Ph.D. dissertation (Psychology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1987. ix, 123 leaves.

Dissertation on pregnant women at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children.

Hammer, Joyce, Brian Kagihara, Barbara A. Lee, Nola Nakata, and Sue Reid. "A Study of Enrollees in Hawaii's Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) Programs." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii, 1974. 92 leaves.

Social work paper on characteristics of Hawaii participants in the Federal Manpower Development Training Act during June 1973 through December 1973, with some attention to sex breakdown.

Hanley, Mary Laurence, and O.A. Bushnell. Pilgrimage and Exile: Mother Marianne of Molokai. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1991. 427 p. Original title: A Song of Pilgrimage and Exile,1980.

Biography of Marianne Cope (1838-1918), leader of a group of Catholic Franciscan sisters (nuns) of Syracuse, who worked for thirty years at the Hansen's disease settlement at Kalaupapa.

__________. A Song of Pilgrimage and Exile, the Life and Spirit of Mother Marianne of Molokai. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1980. 427 p. Later published with title: Pilgrimage and Exile: Mother Marianne of Molokai.

Haraguchi, Charlotte M. "A Study of Widows in Hawaii: Living Arrangements and Health Status." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1978. iv, 49 leaves.

Social work paper on widows living alone or with others.

Harden, M. J. Voices of Wisdom: Hawaiian Elders Speak. Photography by Steve Brinkman. Kula, HI: Aka Press, 1999. 239 p.

Collection of biographies and personal anecdotes includes women elders: Isabella Aiona Abbott, Winona Beamer, Jo-Anne Kahanamoku, Elaine Kaopuiki, Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Mary Kuamoo, Elizabeth Lee, Marie McDonald, Lydia Namahana Mai'oho, Puanani Van Dorpe. Includes black and white photographs.

Harman, Marilyn, and others. Complaint of Sex Discrimination to the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Filed Against the University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus, in Behalf of the Women Employees. 1972. 20, [39] leaves.

Complaint filed in U.S. Office of Civil Rights; includes statistical tables.

Harriet Bouslog Labor Scholarship Fund for ILWU Children: 60 Scholarships Awarded from 1989 to 1994. Honolulu: The Scholarship, 1995. 43 leaves.

Information on winners of the scholarship. Includes brief biography on attorney Harriet Bouslog and her activities with the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Includes black and white photographs.

Harris, Catherine Embree. Dusty Exile: Looking Back at Japanese Relocation During World War II. Honolulu, HI: Mutual Publishing, 1999. 136 p.

Experiences of a twenty-two year old teacher in Poston, Arizona Japanese internment camp in the early 1940s who was raised in Hawaii and later retired here.

Hawaii. Commission on Manpower and Full Employment. Employment and Training of Women in Hawaii. Honolulu: The Commission, 1976. 71 p.

Report and statistics on women in the labor force over several decades compared with national average.

Hawaii. Dept. of Education. Management Audit & Civil Rights Branch. Affirmative Action Plan, Department of Education, State of Hawaii. Honolulu: The Dept., 1984. 1 v. (various pagings). Kept up to date by supplements.

Includes women teachers in the public schools.

__________. Personnel Management, Certification and Development Branch. Department of Education, State of Hawaii, Affirmative Action Plan for Women, July 1, 1976 to September 30, 1977. Honolulu: The Office, 1976. 23 p.

State plan to eliminate discrimination against women educators in the public schools.

Hawaii. Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations. Hawaii State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Non-Traditional Training Opportunities in Hawaii: Occupation With Less Than 33% Women, Statewide. Honolulu: Hawaii State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations. 1993. 7 p.

Documents occupational bias in Hawaii using a list of occupational titles with low women participation rates.

__________. Office of Manpower Planning. Report on the State Displaced Homemaker Program. Honolulu: The Office, 1982. 10 p.

Report and recommendations of the program to provide counseling, employment assistance, job training and supportive services.

__________. Research and Statistics Office. Veterans, Youths and Women in Hawaii. Honolulu: The Office, 1978. 38 p.

Statistical report on women, including population, employment, educational level, ethnicity and income.

__________. Research and Statistics Office. Women Workers in Hawaii. Honolulu: The Office, 1975. 66 p.

Appraises labor market conditions of female workers, with comparisons showing differences in the working conditions between men and women.

Hawaii. Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. Report. Honolulu, 1966. v, 48 p.
SEE ALSO Hawaii. State Commission on the Status of Women. Annual Report.

Report on activities of the Commission. Includes black and white photographs.

Hawaii. Legislature. Office of the Legislative Auditor. Review of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at the University of Hawaii: a Report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of Hawaii. Report no. 91-13, Honolulu: The Auditor, 1991. vi, 43 p.

Includes women teaching faculty .

Hawaii. Office of the Governor. State of Hawaii Affirmative Action Plan. "Prepared by Patricia K. Brandt, coordinator, Office of Affirmative Action, with the assistance of Leinaala Dunaway...[et al]". Honolulu: The Office, 1980. 92, [74] p.

Includes women in state employment.

Hawaii. State Commission on the Status of Women. Annual Report. Honolulu: The Commission 1971/72-1980/1990. Also called Ikaika na Wahine Kaulike Oukou.

Annual reports on activities, accomplishments and recommendations of the State Commission.
SEE ALSO Hawaii. Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. Report. 1966.

__________. Domestic Violence Report. Honolulu: State of Hawaii, 1993. 1 v. (various pagings).

Findings and recommendations to decrease domestic violence.

__________. Handbook: Tips on Survival For Displaced Homemakers in the State of Hawaii. Prepared by Leora Burton. Honolulu: The Commission, 1979. 30 p.

Identifies what constitutes a displaced homemaker; and lists community resources and other helpful information.

__________. Recommendations for the Development and Coordination of Services for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence in the State of Hawaii. Prepared for the 1997 Hawaii State Legislature. Honolulu: The Commission, 1996. 1 v. (various pagings).

Report on statewide recommendations.

__________. Summary of the Findings of Task Force 1: Who is the Female Offender?: Project, the Status of the Female Offender in Hawaii's Criminal Justice System. Honolulu: 1973.   1 v. (various pagings).

Report on identifying background of female offenders.

Hawaii Gay and Lesbian Teen Task Force. Report on Hawaii's Gay and Lesbian Youth. Prepared for the Hawaii State Legislature. Honolulu: The Task Force, 1992. 55 p.

Describes growing up as sexual minority and recommendations to meet their needs.

Hawaii Interviewing (Firm). Single Parents/Homemakers in Hawaii: a Study of Vocational Education Needs. Honolulu: State Board for Vocational Education: Office of the State Director for Vocational Education, 1986. 386 p.

Report of Hawaii Interviewing's contracted activities, findings and recommendations regarding Hawaii's compliance with the federal Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984.

Hawaii Island Spouse Abuse Task Force. A Report on Spouse Abuse in Hawaii County and Recommendations for Change. Sponsored by Hawaii County Committee on the Status of Women. Hilo, HI: The Task Force, 1989. 1 v. (various foliations).

Findings and recommendations for Hawaii County (Hawaii Island).

Hawaii Newspaper Agency, Inc. Research Dept. Profile of Honolulu Working Wives. Honolulu, 1962. 7 leaves. Published earlier with title: Hawaii Star-Bulletin and Advertiser Research Dept. [no date]

Mainly statistical tables.

Hawaii Women and the National Plan of Action, July 1977-May 1979. Prepared by the chair, Continuing Committee, International Women's Year-Decade. Honolulu: Hawaii IWY-Decade, 1979. 34 p.

In observance of the year, presents a plan on many aspects of women on the local, national, and international levels. includes lists of "firsts" for Hawaii women.

Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, Honolulu. Missionary Album; Portraits and Biographical Sketches of the American Protestant Missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu: The Society, 1969. 222 p. Originally published with title: Portraits of American Protestant Missionaries to Hawaii, 1901.

Brief biographies serve as a directory of Protestant missionaries, including wives and a few single women, who came to Hawaii in the first (1820) to the 12th company (1848). Includes black and white photographs.

__________. Portraits of American Protestant Missionaries to Hawaii. Honolulu: Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, 1901. vi, 105 p. Later published with title Missionary Album; Portraits and Biographical Sketches of the American Protestant Missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands, 1935, 1969.

Brief biographies. Includes black and white photographs.

Health and Education Communication Consultants. Evaluation of the Single Parent/Homemaker Program. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1991. 142 p.

Report funded by the federal Carl Perkins Act of 1963 documents the operation of Hawaii's Single Parent/Homemaker Program and targets strategies for program improvement.

Hertog, Susan. Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life. New York, London: Nan A. Tales/Doubleday, 1999. x, 561 p., [24 p. of plates].

Biography of wife (1906-2001) of aviator Charles Lindbergh includes brief information about their living on Maui where he died and was buried in 1974.

Higashi, Elva Keiko, Georgean Mapuana Brooks, and Leona Leiohu Ryder. "After the Funeral, Then What?" M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1979. iv, 45 leaves.

Social work paper on information useful to recent widows in Hawaii.

Hilo Hongwanji: Recalling Our Past: a Collection of Oral Histories. Project of Hilo Hongwanji Fujinkai. Committee: Nobuko Fukuda, Midori Kondo, Motoe Tada and Lillie Tsuchiya. [s.l.: s.n.], 1997. 38 p.

Activities of a Hawaii Island Buddhist Temple. Includes black and white photographs.

Hirata, Atsuko. "A Biographical Study of Yoko Oki: War Bride in Hawaii: Career, Family, and Identity." M.A. thesis (American Studies), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. xv, 149 leaves.

Master's thesis on a war bride from Japan who became an American citizen, a Japanese language announcer, and businesswoman since the 1950s.

Hodges, William C., Jr. The Passing of Liliuokalani. Preceded by a Brief Historical Interpretation of the Life of Liliuokalani of Hawaii. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1918. 72 p.

Biography focusing on the Queen's death and funeral in 1917. Includes black and white photographs and colored portrait.

Hoffmann, Peter R. "HIV-1 Infection Among Women in Hawaii: Descriptive and Molecular Epidemiology and Evidence for Past or Current Infection with Hepatitis B, C, and G Viruses." M.S. thesis (Public Health), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1997. viii, 34 leaves.

Master's thesis examines HIV 1 and related diseases.

Holdren, Jill. "At the Crossroads of Gender, Place, Science and Medicine: An Exploration of Changing Health Care Attitudes and Behavior." M.A. thesis (Geography), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1997. iv, 150 leaves.

Master's thesis examines gender as one of the factors in women and health and alternative medicine in Hawaii and North Carolina.

Honda, Linda, Lois Nakada, and Karen Katayama. "A Descriptive Study of Ethnicity and the Incidence of Spouse Abuse." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1982. 27 leaves.

Social work paper based on women at the Shelter for Abused Women and Children in Honolulu.

Honolulu. Committee on the Status of Women. Women's Opportunities are Unlimited. Honolulu: Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Women: Dept. of Human Resources, City and County of Honolulu. 1992. 46 p.
SEE ALSO Honolulu. Mayor's Committee on the Status of Women.

Features City & County of Honolulu employees in non-traditional positions.

__________. Media Task Force. Do's and Don'ts of Inclusive Language. Honolulu: City and County of Honolulu, 1998. 3 p.

Brief list of words and phrases more appropriate than those that are gender-oriented. Adapted from Ruth Lieban, ed., Women, Men and the Changing Language, 4th ed., 1985.

Honolulu. Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System. Profile: O'ahu's Women. Honolulu: Office of Human Resources, 1973. 34, x leaves.

Statistical and other data taken primarily from 1970 U.S. Census of Population, Detailed Characteristics, Hawaii. Information on population and employment characteristics. Includes five black and white photographs of unidentified women.

Honolulu. Dept. of Civil Service. Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action Handbook. Honolulu: The Dept., 1976. vii, 438 p.

Handbook for the various departments in the City and County of Honolulu.

Honolulu. Mayor's Committee on the Status of Women. Report. Honolulu: The Committee, 1972-1978. Also called Kaulike, 1977-1978.
SEE ALSO Honolulu. Committee on the Status of Women. Women's Opportunities ....

Reports annual activities and achievements of the Committee.

Hontanosas, Del, Robert Cruz, Karen Kaneshiro, and John Sanchez. "A Descriptive Study of Spouse Abuse at the University of Hawaii at Manoa." School of Social Work Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1979. v, 51, [13] leaves.

Social work paper on frequency of spouse abuse among female undergraduate and graduate students in 1978-1979.

Hopkins, Jerry and others. The Hula. Directed and designed by Hans Johannes Hoefer, produced by Leonard Lueras, written by Jerry Hopkins, research by Rebecca Crockett-Hopkins. Insight Chronicles series. Hong Kong: Apa Productions, 1982. 193 p.

Pictorial history includes brief biographies of male and female hula teachers, past and present. Includes black and white photographs and illustrations.

Hopper, Pegge. Women of Hawaii: Pictures. With a biographical sketch by Don Berry. Seattle: Winn Books, 1985. 73 p. 1985 special edition includes clothbound book and two colored plates housed in hinged box.

Selection of works by the artist who came to live in Honolulu in the early 1960s. Includes color reproductions.

Hori, Joan. "Japanese Prostitution in Hawaii During the Immigration Period." Hawaiian Journal of History, v. 15, 1981. pp. 113-124

Article on little known activities of Japanese prostitutes, mainly female, of late nineteenth and early twentieth century when there were few women among the Japanese male immigrants.

Houston, Patricia. "Beyond the Hedge: the Life of Marjorie Putnam Sinclair Edel." Ph.D. dissertation (History), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. vii, 177 leaves.

Dissertation on Marjorie Sinclair Edel (born 1913), author and University of Hawaii at Manoa English faculty member, widow of former U.H. president, Gregg M. Sinclair . She later married author Leon Edel.

Hughes, Judith Dean Gething. Women and Children First: the Life and Times of Elsie Wilcox of Kaua'i. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1996. xii, 196 p.

Biography of a missionary descendant (1874-1937), Hawaii's first female Territorial senator who had a major impact on education, health and social welfare, especially for women and children. Includes black and white photographs.

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SEE ALSO Gething, Judith R.

Huguley, Merry, and Pat Thielen. "An Exploratory Study of Social Workers' Understanding of the Concept of Abuse." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1986. ii, 32 leaves.

Social work paper based on information from social workers at five Honolulu agencies and from University of Hawaii at Manoa social work students.

Humme, June Hitchcock. "Almeda Eliza Hitchcock-Wahine Loio, or Lady Lawyer." Hawaiian Journal of History, v.20, 1986. pp. 137-150.

Article on Hawaii's first woman lawyer (1863-1895) who died at age thirty-two.

Hunt, Johnny K. "Assertion Training for Hawaiian Women." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1982. 43, [6] leaves.

Social work paper on pilot program for a manual on the cultural component and procedures for assertion training.

Hunter, Joyce Carole. "Wife-Abuse: a Survey of Relative Factors." Ph.D. dissertation, Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, 1982. xx, 319 p.

Dissertation on factors related to wife abuse in Hawaii.

Hunter, Linette Alapa. "An Analysis of the 1961-1970 Graduates of the Church College of Hawaii: Their Professional Status and Factors that Affect Their Aspirations for Administrative or Leadership Roles." Ph.D. dissertation, Brigham Young University, 1985. iii, 116 leaves.

Dissertation on responses of 102 women of Caucasian, Polynesian, and Asian background to determine common influences toward administrative and leadership roles.

I          , A. Queen Emma, a Narrative of the Object of Her Mission to England. London: Day & Son, Ltd., 19--. 31 p.

Brief account of Dowager Queen Emma's visit to England and Queen Victoria, 1865-1866. Includes a chant.

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Iaukea, Curtis Piehu, 1855-1940. Reminiscences of the Court of Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma. Hawaiian Historical Society Papers, no. 17. Honolulu, 1930. pp. 17-27.

Prominent official (1855-1940) under King Kalakaua and in Territorial government recalls Queen Emma (1836-1885) and her husband, King Kamehameha IV (Alexander Liholiho (1834-1863)). Includes letters and article from a 1862 Honolulu newspaper (name not given).

Ideta, Lori M. "Asian Women Leaders of Higher Education: Tales of Self Discovery From the Ivory Tower." Ed.D. dissertation (Education), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. xiv, 282 leaves.

Dissertation on ten contemporary Asian educational leaders in Hawaii identified only by first name and employment position.

Ikeda, Kiyoshi. Technical Report Preliminary Faculty Pay Equity Analysis University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu, University of Hawaii, 1991. iii, 27 p.

Describes the study design as basis for a faculty salary equity report.

Inn, Henry. Hawaiian Types. Photographs by Henry Inn, introduction by Andrew W. Lind, introduced by Andrew W. Lind. New York: Hastings House, 1945. 4 p. l., xlvii plates on 46 leaves.

Black and white photographs of ethnic women, brief text.

Inocelda, Dominic. "A Descriptive Study of Discipline Practices Among Filipino Immigrant Mothers in Hawaii." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1981. 67 leaves.

Social work paper describes discipline practices; explores possible factors such as age, income, religion, length of stay in Hawaii, etc. which lead to differing discipline styles; compares practices of Filipino mothers in the Philippines and immigrant Filipino mothers in Hawaii.

Into the Marketplace: Working-Class Women in 20th Century Hawaii. Honolulu: Hawaii Committee for the Humanities, [1995]. 11 p.

Brief guide of essays to complement an exhibit includes contributions by Teresa Bill, Joyce N. Chinen, Marie Hara, Barbara Bennett Peterson, William J. Puette, Edward Schultz. Includes black and white photographs.

Irwin, Bernice Piilani Cook. I Knew Queen Liliuokalani. Honolulu: First People's Productions, 1998. 110 p. Originally published 1960.

Informal and intimate sketches of little-known side of the Queen's life (1838-1917) and character by a woman who had known her for thirty years until the Queen's death.

Ito, Karen Lee. Lady Friends: Hawaiian Ways and the Ties That Define. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1999. xi, 175 p.

Focuses on Native Hawaiian culture as seen in six women from Native Hawaiian households and extended families in the mid-1970s. Concludes that although "alienated from their land [they] are not disenfranchised from their culture." Based on author's 1978 dissertation.

__________. "Symbolic Conscience: Illness Retribution Among Urban Hawaiian Women." Ph.D. dissertation (Anthropology), University of California at Los Angeles, 1978. xv, 219 leaves.

Dissertation on interviews of six Native Hawaiian women: Jane "Pua" Kahana, Ellen Kam, June Kamakau, Evelyn Michaels, Elizabeth Nohi Nacimiento, Iris Nakasone. Studies ideals of social relationships and proper behavior; concludes that a shared Hawaiian concept of ethical and moral responsibility toward each other still exists.

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James, Janet Frances. "A Study of the Differentiated Effects of Workshops on the Attitudes of Administrators Toward Sex-Role Stereotyping." Ed.D. dissertation (Educational Administration), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1979. ix, 142 leaves.

Dissertation; a 1975 "Report on Sex Bias in the Public Schools of Hawaii" had found widespread sex bias. This paper studied whether in-service training programs on sex role stereotyping would change attitudes of Hawaii public school administrators.

Jarrett, Roberta M. Gifts From the Shore: a Kalaupapa Diary. Illustrations by Katherine Trnka. Beaverton, OR: Pacific Editions Co., 1993. vi, 195 p.

Diary of a nurse who spent a year (Oct. 1989-Oct. 1990) at the Hansen's Disease settlement on Moloka'i.

Johnson, Ronald Charles. Report to President Cleveland's Commission on the Status of Women. Honolulu: s.n., 1971. 6 leaves.

Brief report to Harlan Cleveland on University of Hawaii at Manoa women. Includes statistical tables.

Johnsrud, Linda. Barriers to Retention and Tenure at UH-Manoa: the Experiences of Faculty Cohorts 1982-1988. Honolulu: University of Hawaii , 1989. X,108 p.

Concludes that economic issues are the most critical barrier to retention for all faculty.

__________. University of Hawaii-Manoa 1989-1990 Faculty Cohorts: Do They Differ from Earlier Cohorts?. Honolulu: L.K. Johnsrud, 1993. [3], 24, [3] leaves.

Concludes that women are different from men in retention and tenure in this one-year study.

Jolly, Margaret, and Martha Macintyre, eds. Family and Gender in the Pacific: Domestic Contradictions and the Colonial Impact. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xi, 296 p.

Includes "New England Missionary Wives, Hawaiian Women and the Cult of True Womanhood," by Patricia Grimshaw, pp. 19-44; "Changes in the Lives of Ordinary Women in Early Post-Contact Hawaii," by Caroline Ralston, pp. 45-64.

Kaapu, Myrtle King. I Married a Prince; a Cinderella Story from Hawaii. Hicksville, New York: Exposition Press, 1977. 271 p.

Autobiography of a teacher from Oregon who married a Hawaiian "prince" "without a kingdom" in 1935. Chronicles her adventures around the world and living in Hawaii in a grass hut with her husband.

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Kaeo, Peter Young. News from Molokai, Letters Between Peter Kaeo & Queen Emma, 1873-1876. Edited with introduction and notes by Alfons L. Korn. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1976. xlv, 345 p.

Letters, often poignant, between Queen Emma (1836-1885) and Peter Kaeo (1836-1880), her first cousin, when he was a Hansen's disease patient in the 1870s at Kalaupapa, Moloka'i. Includes extensive notes by Alfons Korn.

Kai, Peggy. The Story of A'lai, Our Hawaiian-Chinese Heritage. Honolulu: Kai, 1976. 53 p.

Biography of A'lai A'ii Akamu Akana (1856-1939) from whom the Aluli and Akana families descend. Includes genealogy chart and many brown and white photographs.

Kaleialoha, and Hiwahiwa . An Hour with the Queen: Lessons on Forgiveness and Grace. Cleveland, OH: CCW [Center for Women in Church and Society of the United Church of Christ], 1998. 106 p. Some text in Hawaiian.

Devotional exercises and thoughts of two Native Hawaiian women, currently members of the Church, and others in memory of Queen Lili'uokalani (1838-1917). Includes "black" and white photographs.

Kame'eleihiwa, Lilikala. Na Wahine Kapu = Divine Hawaiian Women. Honolulu: 'Ai Pohaku Press, 1999. 40 p. Text in English and Hawaiian.

Notable Native Hawaiian women and their importance in history, chant and mythology; role of contemporary female leaders. Includes list of Hawaiian female akua (goddesses).

Kanahele, Annie. Annie, Life of a Hawaiian; an Autobiography. Honolulu: Fisher Printing Co., 1976. 131 p.

Autobiography of a Chinese-Hawaiian teacher and principal for three generations of Hawaii's children. Highlights her non-stop effort to help her people both as leader and servant to church and community.

Kanahele, George S. Emma: Hawaii's Remarkable Queen: a Biography. Honolulu: Queen Emma Foundation, 1999. xxiv, 441 p. Text in English and Hawaiian.

Extensive biography of Queen Emma (1836-1885), who with her husband, King Kamehameha IV (Alexander Liholiho (1834-1863)), founded Queen's Hospital. Includes chants and black and white photographs.

__________. Pauahi: the Kamehameha Legacy. Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press, 1986. 223 p. Text in English and Hawaiian.

Extensive biography of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831-1884), whose will created Bishop Estate and the Kamehameha Schools to educate Native Hawaiian children. Includes two birth charts.

Kanahele, Mary Ann, and Sarah S. Marie. "A Study of Military Wives Participating in the Women's Awareness Program of the Armed Services YMCA Outreach Branch at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, Hawaii." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1981. 84 leaves.

Social work paper evaluates the effectiveness of a program to provide support and social interaction for military wives who are lonely and isolated from the community because of the transient lifestyle of the military.

Kaulike (1977-1978).
SEE Honolulu. Mayor's Committee on the Status of Women. Report.

Kawakami, Barbara F. Japanese Immigrant Clothing in Hawaii, 1885-1941. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993. xvii, 253 p. Japanese language ed., 1998.

Includes clothing of women sugar plantation workers, picture bride accounts. Includes black and white photographs.

Kelley, Jacqueline A. "Women and Pelvic Examinations: Their Experiences, Attitudes, and Reactions." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1977. 37, 7, [2] leaves.

Social work paper on 100 women patients at Hawaii Planned Parenthood or the University of Hawaii at Manoa Student Health Services Family Planning Clinic, which determined one-third of the examinations were uncomfortable and stressful.

Kelly, John Melville. Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1943. 95 p.

Includes Native Hawaiian women. In color, black and white.

__________. The Hula as Seen in Hawaii. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1953. 1 leaf, 10 plates in portfolio.

Illustrations of female dancers. In sepia, black and white.

Kent, Harold Winfield. An Album of Likenesses: Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Benefactress of the Kamehameha Schools and Charles Reed Bishop, Man of Hawaii. Rev. ed. Honolulu: 1972. 1 v. (unpaged). Originally published in 1962.

Photographs and daguerreotypes of sculptures and early paintings featuring Charles and Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831-1884). Mainly in black and white.

Keyes, Laura A. "Coping Activities of Wives of Absent Military Husbands." M.S.W. (Social Work) project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1982. 32 leaves.

Social work paper on women and families on a U.S. Marine Corps base presumably in Hawaii.