Hawaiʻi has no shortage of female pioneers and in honor of Women’s History Month, here's another incredible contribution to our community. Over the last three years, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa professor Noenoe Silva has combed through editions of Hawaiʻi’s "Ka Hoku O Hawaii," the last Hawaiian-language newspaper to be published in the 1940s.
Within its pages, she discovered a handful of dedicated female columnists who stepped up to preserve ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, and the knowledge of their communities, through their writing. The Conversation spoke with Silva about the legacy of these women.
This interview aired on The Conversation on March 24, 2022. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1.
