<<HOME

Honoring Three Upcountry Women

A Women’s History Month Exhibit
Makawao History Museum
March 1-31, 2020

From left to right: Ethel Baldwin, Patsy Mink, and Gordean Bailey

In honor of Women’s History Month, Makawao History Museum presents the following virtual vignettes about the lives of three upcountry women: Ethel Baldwin, leader of the local women’s suffrage movement; Patsy Mink, the first woman of color elected to the US Congress; and Gordean Bailey, Miss Hawaii 1959 and a kumu hula today.

Ethel Baldwin

Patsy Mink

Gordean Bailey

Pictures and text excerpted with permission from Lehia Apana’s story “Island Royalty,” which appeared in the September-October 2017 issue of Maui No Ka `Oi Magazine.

VISITOR INFORMATION

HOURS AND FEES

The Makawao History Museum is currently a free, digital only museum.
To see exhibits, please visit:
https://makawaomuseum.org/
https://www.facebook.com/MakawaoHistoryMuseum/

CONTACT INFORMATION

info@makawaomuseum.org