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First ladies of Hawaii

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|incumbent = Jaime Green

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The first lady or first gentleman of Hawaii is the spouse of the governor of Hawaii, an unpaid ceremonial position. Territorial spouses carved out their roles in varied ways, from traditional wives who raised the children and supported their husbands, to philanthropists and society hostesses. Perhaps the most personal insight into any of the spouses came from territorial governor Sanford B. Dole. Three years after the death of Anna Prentice Cate Dole, he published a small book, "for those who loved and still love Anna—my dear wife" detailing their courtship and marriage, her love of poetry, and the admiration the first governor of the Territory of Hawaii had for his wife.{{sfn|Dole|1921}}

Nancy Quinn bridged the change of history, as the wife of the last governor of the Territory of Hawaii and first governor of the State of Hawaii. She believed her position was to put family first, being her husband's support in a place and time when Hawaii had not yet worked out financial accommodations for care of the governor's family. Beatrice Burns was a nurse and polio survivor; so far, the only governor's spouse of Hawaii who served her term while in a wheelchair. The agendas of the first spouses have evolved as the country's social history has. Jean Ariyoshi helped reforest Hawaii with "A Million Trees of Aloha." Lynne Waihee put children's literacy first on her agenda. Vicky Cayetano was a business owner before she married Governor Ben Cayetano. Through her business acumen, a trust fund was created to erect a new residence for Hawaii's governor.

First ladies of the Territory of Hawaii

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Anna Prentice Cate|Dole|Anna Prentice Cate Dole|nolink=y}}

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|(1843–1918)

|1900–1903

|Sanford B. Dole

|Native of Castine, Maine. President of the Hawaiian Humane Society. Chairman of the 1915 Peace Society. Supported the Temperance League and the Red Cross. Served as First Lady of the Provisional Government of Hawaii (Jan 1893 – July 1894) and the Republic of Hawaii (July 1894 – June 1900).

|{{sfn|Dole|1921}}{{cite news|title=Mrs. Sanford B. Dole is Dead After Long Illness|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/275408940/?terms=Anna+Dole|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=August 30, 1918|page=6, col. 4}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Helen Strong|Carter|Helen Strong Carter}}

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|(1866–1945)

|1903–1907

|George R. Carter

|Native of Rochester, New York. Philanthropist focused primarily on child dental health and welfare. Donated the Strong-Carter Dental Clinic. In 1944, honored by 20,000 students in recognition of her work for Hawaii's children. Donated money for a mobile field kitchen to be used in England's World War II efforts.

|{{cite news|title=Mrs. Carter, Ex-Governor's Widow Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/275553561/?terms=Helen+Strong+Carter|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=May 28, 1945|page=1, col. 4}}; {{cite news|title=Mrs. H. S. Carter Dies on Coast|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258659684/?terms=Helen+Strong+Carter|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Advertiser{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=May 29, 1945|page=5, col. 3}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary Dillingham |Frear|Mary Dillingham Frear}}

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|(1870–1951)

|1907–1913

|Walter F. Frear

|Born in Honolulu, descended from missionaries. Writer, poet, society hostess. Philanthropist, descendant of missionaries, heir to wealthy Dillingham fortune. Bequeathed her mansion to Punahou School.

|{{cite news|title=Mrs. W. Frear, Kamaaina, Dies Here at 80|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259177389/?terms=Mary+Dillingham+Frear|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Advertiser{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=January 18, 1951|page=1, col. 5}}; {{cite news|title=Hawaii Has Lost a Notable woman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/268885905/?terms=Mary+Dillingham+Frear|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Advertiser{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=January 18, 1951|page=8, col. 1}}; {{cite news|title=Frear Bequeaths Mansion to Punahou|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259077383/?terms=Mary+Dillingham+Frear|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=February 2, 1951|page=8, col. 1}}

scope="row"|Vacant

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|1913–1918

|Lucius E. Pinkham

|Pinkham never married

|{{cite news|title=Governor Pinkham As He Is Viewed By The Citizens|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290387626/?terms=Lucius+Pinkham|access-date=December 10, 2017|work=Newspapers.com|issue=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=November 29, 1913|page=8}}{{cite news |title=Obituary for Lucius E. Pinkham (Aged 73) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71394220/obituary-for-lucius-e-pinkham-aged-73/ |access-date=February 18, 2021 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=November 3, 1922 |pages=8}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Margaret Theresa Morgan |McCarthy|Margaret Theresa Morgan McCarthy|nolink=y}}

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|(1865–1934)

|1918–1921

|Charles J. McCarthy

|Her parents were immigrants to Hawaii from Ireland. Tried to preserve historic artifacts in the Washington Place governor's residence. Prevented Hawaiian squatters from being evicted from the mansion's grounds. While her husband was governor, she opened the Donna Hotel and managed apartment buildings.

|{{cite news|title=Death Calls Margaret McCarthy|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258681243/?terms=Mary+McCarthy|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Advertiser{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=March 19, 1934|page=1, col. 4}}{{sfn|McCarthy|1921|p=194}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Catharine McAlpine |Farrington|Catharine McAlpine Farrington|nolink=y}}

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|(1870–1953)

|1921–1929

|Wallace R. Farrington

|Born in San Francisco. Philanthropist, society hostess. President of the American Association of University Women. Trained as a teacher, she and Farrington began a shipboard romance en route to Honolulu, marrying a year later.

|{{cite news|title=Mrs. Wallace R. Farrington Dies After Long, Useful Life|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/269894751/?terms=Catherine+Farrington|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=January 1, 1953|page=1}}; {{cite news|title=Mrs. Farrington Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/269895026/?terms=Catherine+Farrington|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=January 1, 1953|page=5}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Florence Bell Hackett|Judd|nolink=y}}

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|(1885–1974)

|1929–1934

|Lawrence M. Judd

|Born in Brooklyn, New York, moved to Hawaii in 1909. Her father was John Bell Hackett, her mother was Florence McKinstry Hackett.

|{{cite news|title=The Present First Lady of Hawaii Looks To Experience of Happiness|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/274628770/?terms=Lawrence+Judd|access-date=December 9, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=July 6, 1929|page=4, col. 4}}

scope="row"|Vacant

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|1934–1942

|Joseph Poindexter

|Poindexter was a widower. His wife Margaret Conger died in 1918.

|{{cite news|title=Ex-Governor Poindexter Dies at 82|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/269162257/?terms=Joseph+Poindexter|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=December 3, 1951|page=1}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Cecile White|Stainback|nolink=y}}

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|(1892–1949)

|1942–1951

|Ingram Stainback

|Raised in Missouri and Oklahoma. Met her husband on a golf course in Hawaii. When asked if she had political aspirations, she dismissed the idea with, "Keeping a home for my husband is enough." Died in surgery to remove a brain tumor.

|{{cite news|title=Mrs. Stainback Dies In Missouri After Surgery|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/280936406/?terms=Cecile+Stainback|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=October 12, 1949|page=1}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Geneva Rule|Long|nolink=y}}

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|(1893–1985)

|1951–1953

|Oren E. Long

|A native of Knox County, Tennessee. Taught at President William McKinley High School

|{{cite news|title=Geneva Long, Widow of 10th Governor, Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/272175387/?terms=geneva+long|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=May 30, 1985|page=D8}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Pauline Nawahineokalai|Evans|nolink=y}}

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|(1888–1977)

|1953–1957

|Samuel Wilder King

|Born in Lahaina, Maui. Vice president of Women's Congressional Club. Her mother Hana K. Evans was a lady in waiting to Liliuokalani.

|{{cite news|title=News in a Nutshell|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/80604844/?terms=Pauline+Evans|access-date=December 12, 2017|work=The Hawaiian Star{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=March 19, 1912|page=8, col. 1}}{{cite news|title=First Lady of Territory, Pauline King, Dead at 88|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/261476284/?terms=Pauline+King|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=The Honolulu Advertiser{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=February 23, 1977|page=3}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Nancy|Quinn}}

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|(1919–2004)

|1957–1959

|William F. Quinn

|Raised in St. Louis Missouri.

|{{cite web|last1=Hurley|first1=Timothy|title=Nancy Quinn: 1919–2014|url=http://obits.staradvertiser.com/2014/07/03/nancy-quinn-1919-2014/|publisher=Honolulu Star Advertiser|access-date=December 8, 2017|date=July 3, 2014}}

First ladies of the State of Hawaii

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Nancy|Quinn}}

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|(1919–2004)

|August 21, 1959

|December 3, 1962

|{{sortname|William F.|Quinn}}

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Beatrice|Burns}}

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|(1906–1988)

|December 3, 1962

|December 2, 1974

|{{sortname|John A.|Burns}}

|Restored the governor's Washington Place residence

|{{cite news|last1=Paddleford|first1=Clementine|title=Mrs. John A. Burns Has 12-Hour-A-Day Job|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/260392765/?terms=beatrice+burns|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=The Honolulu Advertiser{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=May 28, 1965|page=47}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jean|Ariyoshi}}

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|(born 1934)

|December 2, 1974

|December 1, 1986

|{{sortname|George|Ariyoshi}}

|"A Million Trees of Aloha" reforestation program.

|{{cite news|title=Project Goal Is a Million Trees in '85|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/272397265/?terms=A+Million+Trees+of+Aloha|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=January 11, 1985|page=11}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Lynne|Waihee}}

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|(born 1946)

|December 1, 1986

|December 5, 1994

|{{sortname|John D.|Waihee III}}

|Read To Me Program; children's literacy

|{{cite news|last1=Altonn|first1=Helen|title=Outgoing first lady looks to life out of the spotlight|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/273621454/?terms=Lynne+Waihee|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=November 30, 1994|page=A1}}; {{cite news|last1=Altonn|first1=Helen|title=She leaves top record as volunteer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/273621472/?terms=Lynne+Waihee|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=November 30, 1994|page=A4}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Lorraine|Cayetano|Lorraine Gueco Cayetano|nolink=y}}

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|December 2, 1994

|1996

|{{sortname|Ben|Cayetano}}

|Governor Cayetano and his first wife, Lorraine Cayetano, had separated in 1991, though they remained married during the first two years of his governorship. The marriage ended in divorce in 1996. They remain the only Governor and First Lady of Hawaii to divorce while in office.

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|1996

|May 5, 1997

|{{sortname|Ben|Cayetano}}

|Cayetano divorced in 1996. No acting First Lady until his marriage to Vicky Cayetano in 1997.

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Vicky|Cayetano}}

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|(born 1956)

|May 5, 1997

|December 2, 2002

|{{sortname|Ben|Cayetano}}

|Vicky Tiu Cayetano married Governor Ben Cayetano on May 5, 1997, to become Hawaii's First Lady.{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Yuen |title=Cayetano, bride met during workout |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/97/05/06/news/story1.html |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=1997-05-06 |access-date=2017-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430025500/http://archives.starbulletin.com/97/05/06/news/story1.html |archive-date=2012-04-30 |url-status=live}} Cayetano, a businesswoman, created the Washington Place Foundation to raise funds to build a new residence for the state's governor.

|{{cite news|title=Vicky Cayetano|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/266731139/?terms=vicky+cayetano|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=The Honolulu Advertiser{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=May 3, 1998|page=F1}}; {{cite news|title=Vicky Cayetano: A year in the limelight|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/266731983/?terms=vicky+cayetano|access-date=December 8, 2017|work=The Honolulu Advertiser{{Subscription required |via=Newspapers.com}}|date=May 3, 1998|page=F10}}; {{cite news|last1=Leidermann|first1=Mike|title=Washington: first lady's plan would build a new home|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/266896565/?terms=Vicky+Cayetano|access-date=December 4, 2017|work=The Honolulu Advertiser|date=January 5, 2001|page=A6}}

scope="row"|Position vacant

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|December 2, 2002

|December 6, 2010

|{{sortname|Linda|Lingle}}

|Lingle was divorced prior to the governorship.

|{{cite web|last1=Johnston|first1=Robert D.|title=Linda Lingle {{!}} Jewish Women's Archive|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/lingle-linda|website=jwa.org|access-date=December 8, 2017|language=en}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Nancie|Caraway}}

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|(born 1942)

|December 6, 2010

|December 1, 2014

|{{sortname|Neil|Abercrombie}}

|Feminist author; human rights

|{{cite web|title=Mānoa: Globalization Research Center receives three-year grant to establish a Hawaii anti-trafficking task force {{!}} University of Hawaii News|url=http://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=1235|website=University of Hawaii News|access-date=December 8, 2017|date=October 18, 2005}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Dawn|Ige}}

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|(born 1958)

|December 1, 2014

|December 5, 2022

|{{sortname|David|Ige}}

|Led restoration of Washington Place for 175th Anniversary, launched Jump Start Breakfast program at the public schools and the Ohana Readers program to promote childhood literacy.

|{{cite web|title=David Y. Ige {{!}} Meet the First Lady|url=http://governor.hawaii.gov/meet-the-first-lady/|website=governor.hawaii.gov|access-date=December 8, 2017|language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Infante |first1=Esme |title=First lady Dawn Amano-Ige’s work is not done |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/11/28/hawaii-news/the-first-lady-dawn-amano-iges-work-is-not-done-despite-the-end-of-her-husbands-term/ |access-date=24 June 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |date=28 Nov 2022}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jaime|Green}}

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|(born 1977)

|December 5, 2022

|present

|{{sortname|Josh|Green|dab=politician}}

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See also

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last1=Dole|first1=Sanford B.|title=Anna Cate Dole; memoranda by her husband.|date=1921|publisher=Honolulu Star Bulletin Press|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100551841|via=HathiTrust}}
  • {{cite journal|last1=McCarthy|first1=Charles J.|title=AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GOVERNOR CHARLES J. McCARTHY OF HAWAII|journal=The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society|date=1921|volume=19|pages=194–195|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000505088|via=HathiTrust}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|last1=Ariyoshi|first1=Jean Hayashi|title=Washington Place : A First Lady's Story|date=2004|publisher=Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii|location=Honolulu|isbn=978-0-9761493-0-9}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Caraway|first1=Nancie|title=Segregated Sisterhood : Racism and the Politics of American Feminism|url=https://archive.org/details/segregatedsister00cararich|url-access=registration|date=1991|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|location=Knoxville|isbn=978-0-87049-719-3|edition=1.}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Damon|first1=Ethel M.|title=Sanford Ballard Dole and His Hawaii: With an Analysis of Justice Dole's Legal Opinions|date=1957|publisher=Pacific Books for the Hawaiian Historical Society|oclc=654878776|url=https://www.questia.com/library/1441687/sanford-ballard-dole-and-his-hawaii-with-an-analysis|pages=7–98, 99, 103–4, 128–29, 130, 133, 134, 135–36, 138, 144, 147, 148, 149–50, 151–52, 162, 163, 189, 191, 192, 215, 223, 224–25, 235, 239, 241, 266, 320–22, 331, 355, 358–62; death of, 370|access-date=2017-12-19|archive-date=2017-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052352/https://www.questia.com/library/1441687/sanford-ballard-dole-and-his-hawaii-with-an-analysis|url-status=dead}} (Multiple pages referring to Anna Cate Dole)

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