Hannah Kaaepa

What she asked for was specific and royal. Reporting her remarks in Washington in February 1899, the Salt Lake Herald said she urged support for the deposed queen Lili'uokalani in her efforts to secure the ballot for Hawaiian women, and the queen hosted a dinner for her afterward. She was twenty-five, a year out of Hawai'i and secretary of the Iosepa Sunday School. She went home in 1903 and died at Hilo in 1918. Her mother, Makanoe, is buried in this cemetery.

What the plaque says

Road to the 19th Amendment Hannah Kaaepa In 1899 speech to National Council of Women, Iosepa resident urged support of women's voting rights efforts in the Territory of Hawai'i. William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2021 98

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Great Salt Lake — 19 mi
  The largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere

More markers nearby

• Iosepa Town History — steps away
• Iosepa Settlement Cemetery — steps away
• Lincoln Highway — 14 mi
• Donner-Reed Memorial Museum & Early Bldgs. — 14 mi