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Women and Children First (Paperback, New)
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Historian Gerda Lerner posed the question: What would history be
like if seen through the eyes of women? In this insightful and
sympathetic look at Hawaii's first female territorial senator,
Elsie Wilcox (1874-1954), Judith Dean Gething Hughes adapts
Lerner's question to tell the story of a remarkable woman whose
life reflects key aspects of the history of modern Hawaii: the
enormous impact of nineteenth-century missionaries and of the sugar
plantations, which dominated Hawaii's economy for nearly a century
after the Civil War; the powerful influence of the American
progressive movement in public education and social welfare; and
the onset of the "bloodless revolution" of the 1950s, which
replaced the Caucasian Republican oligarchy with a Democratic party
led by second-generation Asian Americans. The grandchild of
missionaries and the niece of a prosperous Kauai sugar planter,
Wilcox was born and raised on her uncle's plantation. Unlike many
of her peers, however, Wilcox did not marry but pursued a full-time
career as an advocate for change, including education, improved
health, and full participation in the life of the community for
second-generation Asian Americans. Hughes looks to Wilcox's
missionary heritage to reveal the values that shaped her character
and to her education at Wellesley College, which transformed her
into a Progressive and, by the standards of the early twentieth
century, a feminist. Hughes argues that although Wilcox's education
and prominent social standing contributed to making her an "old
maid", they also enabled her to serve as Kauai's commissioner for
education for twelve years until her election to the territorial
Senate in 1932 and 1936. There sheestablished herself as the
Senate's conscience on women's and children's issues and played a
key role in creating Hawaii's social security laws. Women and
Children First not only details the life of one of Hawaii's most
dedicated social reformers but also provides insights into the
historical development of Kauai and Hawaii in general from 1910 to
1940.
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