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  Chapters VI-XV.
When it came to be the turn of Queen Emma, she urged him in plain language to nominate her to assume the reins of government at his decease; but his determination appeared to be unchanged to leave the selection to the people.
Queen Emma's claim was not derived through her own family, but as the widow of Liholiho, one of the Kamehamehas.
Queen Kapiolani had been aunt to Queen Emma, having been the wife of her uncle Namakeha, and had nursed the young prince, the son of Alexander Liholiho, although her rank not only equalled, but was superior to, that of Queen Emma, the child's mother.
digital.library.upenn.edu /women/liliuokalani/hawaii/hawaii-2.html   (13086 words)

  
 Mark Twain on Queen Emma of Hawaii
Queen Emma and suite arrived at noon today in the P. Sacramento, and was received by Mr.
Not a lady arrived from the steamer but was taken for Queen Emma, and her personal appearance subjected to remarks - some of them flattering and some otherwise.
The Queen was expected at the public tables at dinner tonight, (in the simplicity of the American heart,) and every lady was covertly scrutinized as she entered the dining room - but to no purpose - Her Majesty dined in her rooms, with her suite and the Consul.
www.twainquotes.com /18661017.html   (693 words)

  
 Queen Liliuokalani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Queen Liliuokalani was deposed by the advocates of a Republic for Hawaii in 1893.
One of her first acts was to recommend a new Hawaii constitution, as the "Bayonet Constitution" of 1887 limited the power of the monarch and political power of native Hawaiians.
In 1894, the Queen, was deposed, the monarchy abrogated, and a provisional government was established which later became the Republic of Hawaii.
www.uic.edu /depts/owa/history/liliuokalani.html   (643 words)

  
 Legacy of Queen Emma alive, well at hospital - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Emma assisted her father in treating patients in his dispensary and accompanied him during his house calls to patients' homes.
Queen Emma was keenly aware of the importance of education to a person's well-being.
Beyond the institutions that she founded, the legacy of Queen Emma is often related to her lands.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Jan/04/op/op06a.html   (574 words)

  
 The Honolulu Advertiser | Island Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Emma put the idea of Queen’s Hospital (now Queen’s Medical Center) into her husband’s head and she visited patients there almost daily whenever she was in residence in Honolulu.
Emma was a bilingual child, and lived in a home that doubled as her father’s medical clinic.
Beyond the biography, there is much enjoyment in the tidbits about Hawaii that Kanahele has gleaned along the way: that Princeville was named for Emma’s young and ill-fated son, that there was a craze for rice-growing that almost killed the taro industry, that Emma was the first queen ever to visit the White House.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2000/Jan/22/bookreviews.html   (784 words)

  
 Kamehameha & Emma
King Kamehameha IV and his wife Emma were Christian rulers who encouraged the building of Christian schools and hospitals, and who contributed greatly to the spread of Christianity among the Hawaiian people.
The Queen devoted the remainder of her life to charitable endeavors (Queen's Hospital, the largest civilian hospital in Hawaii, is largely her doing).
Hawaii was made a territory in 1900 and a State in 1959.
www.satucket.com /lectionary/Kamehameha&Emma.htm   (392 words)

  
 Holidays & Festivals
Queen Emma spent many happy and memorable moments with her husband, King Kamehameha IV and their young son, Prince Albert Edward at the "Hanaiakamalama." The young prince was an instant and intimate part of the royal couple's private life and he was taken nearly everywhere they went.
Queen Emma died in 1885 and after her death the Hawaiian Monarchial Government bought the "Hanaiakamalama." In the early 1900s there were plans to build a park with a baseball field where the home was located.
Today, this historic palace at 2913 Pali Highway is now a museum housing some of Queen Emma's personal possessions, as well as those of her husband, King Kamehameha IV and their son Prince Albert.
home.hawaii.rr.com /hawaiianweb/topic08.html   (628 words)

  
 The Hawaii Real Estate License Professor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Aloha State, as Hawaii was officially nicknamed upon becoming the 50th state of the Union on August 21, 1959, occupies a land area almost wholly volcanic in origin.
Hawaii’s place in modern world history was set on December 7, 1941, when a massive Japanese air attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor and other military installations in Hawaii precipitated the United States’ entry into World War II.
Hawaii’s postwar years were also marked by the diversification of its economy, with a great expansion of tourism, military expenditure, and some industry, and by admission to the Union in 1959.
www.licenseprofessor.com /Hawaii_Real_Estate_Exam/Hawaii_people.asp   (3833 words)

  
 Queen Emma Summer Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Queen Emma Summer Palace served as a retreat for Queen Emma of Hawaii, her husband King Kamehameha IV, and their son, Prince Albert Edward.
The estate is located five minutes by car from the center of Honolulu.
It is now a tourist attraction run by the Daughters of Hawaii.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queen_Emma_Summer_Palace   (97 words)

  
 HAWAII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kapi'olani and Namakeha were asked by Emma and Kamehameha IV to serve as a kahu-ali'i to the newborn child.
Queen Kapi'olani had two goals which were very important to her.
Queen Kapi'olani's life has taught me a lesson in life which is that despite setbacks, you strive forth and never give up.
www2.hawaii.edu /~lkataoka/queenkapiolani.htm   (1113 words)

  
 Hawaii Supreme Court Case No. 15346   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I. In January 1975, Queen's Medical Center (QMC),2/ as the fee owner of the Makalapa Subdivision, granted the State of Hawaii (State) a fuel pipeline easement across the subdivision for energy corridor purposes pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 277.
For example, Hawaii residential leases often include a provision that permits lessees to mortgage and sell their leasehold estates, thereby implicating the interests of third parties when lessees mortgage or transfer their leasehold estates.
Hawaii's Land Reform Act is further evidence that in some situations a lease is considered to be an interest in the nature of title to real property.
www.hsba.org /HSBA/Legal_Research/Hawaii/sc/15346.cfm   (3019 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - Emma: Hawaii's Remarkable Queen - George S. Kanahele - Hardcover
Emma: Hawai'i's Remarkable Queen is a biography of a beloved and influential woman in Hawaiian history.
When Emma was 20 she married Kamehameha IV, who died only 7 years later.
As the Dowager Queen, Emma proved to be a great humanitarian, a founder of schools and a hospital, and a world traveler - but her involvement in Hawaiian royal politics was nearly her undoing.
search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=3U6Wpn2Bmw&isbn=082482234X&itm=5   (366 words)

  
 VIA Online: Kauai's Alakai Swamp
One such intrepid explorer was Hawaii's Queen Emma, who, in January of 1871, while mourning the death of her husband, King Kamehameha IV, sought surcease from her sorrows in the Alakai Swamp.
Emma traveled as far as she could, which wasn't far, on horseback.
Hawaii accounts for less than 1 percent of U.S. landmass but 75 percent of its documented plant and animal extinctions.
www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/alakai01.asp   (2051 words)

  
 Biography of Queen Emma
About 500 were haole (Hawaiian for foreigners) and the rest ka Hawaii.
It was a major port for whaling ships, and as one writer put it, one of the most "unattractive" places in the world.
Emma, the future queen, was born in Honolulu on January 2, 1836 to Fanny Kekelaokalani Young, daughter of John Young, King Kamehameha I's haole counselor, and Ka'oana'eha, Kamehameha's niece.
www.queens.org /about/queenbio.html   (83 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
The Queen's Medical Center celebrated the 168th birthday of its co-founder, Queen Emma, by remembering a remarkable woman who was moved to alleviate the suffering of the Hawaiian people.
At a ceremony yesterday also commemorating the 145th anniversary of the hospital, Dr. Gary Okamoto, president of the Queen's Health Systems, said the queen as a teenager witnessed the "pain and agony" of her people, whose population was "devastated by (foreign) diseases" in the 1800s.
There, Queen Emma Kaleleonalani Rooke Kamehameha learned the "importance of health and healing" and felt she "absolutely had to establish a hospital," Okamoto said.
starbulletin.com /2004/01/03/news/story5.html   (392 words)

  
 Ali'i Print Resources - Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Autobiography of Queen Lili`okalani focuses on the events surrounding her reign (1891-1893), overthrow and annexation.
Includes genealogies of herself, Kamehameha I, Kepookalani (her grandfather) Queen Emma, Princess Ruth Ke`elikolani and Kekaulike and early king of Hawai`i.
Hawaii : 1778-1920, from the viewpoint of a bishop.
www.punahou.edu /libraries/cooke/alii_print_book.html   (1433 words)

  
 Queesn Bath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Queen's Bath is one of the most unique and refreshing swimming areas on the island.
The "pool" is carved into a lava shelf and is the size of several large swimming pools.
Even when the surf is fairly calm, waves crash on the rocks shooting spray high into the air.
www.hawaiiweb.com /kauai/html/sites/queens_bath.html   (239 words)

  
 Extraordinary Women of Hawaii: A Bibliography
At the invitation of Queen Victoria, Queen Kapiolani and Princess Liliuokalani journeyed to London in 1887 to attend Victoria’s Golden Jubilee.
Author includes new information from Queen Emma's diaries and correspondence as well as journals and letters of associates who were in contact with her and her husband Alexander Liholiho Kamehameha IV.
Born and raised in Hawaii she fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a nurse.
www.hawaii.gov /hidocs/women.html   (2598 words)

  
 Queen Emma Summer Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV visited the palace as a cool summer retreat.
The Daughters of Hawaii maintain and operate the cultural palace.
The Queen Emma Summer Palace is a serene stop when visiting Nu'uanu Valley.
kalama.doe.hawaii.edu /hern95/pt039/emma.html   (115 words)

  
 Queen Emma's Summer Palace, O'ahu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Born in 1836, she was descended from Hawaiian chieftains and John Young, an Englishman who became friend and advisor to King Kamehameha I..
Queen Emma became one of the earliest symbols of the islands' cosmopolitan culture.
Take the Pali Road Exit and Queen Emma Summer Palace will be on the right side after Ahi Place.
www.hawaiiweb.com /html/queen_emmas_summer_palace.html   (81 words)

  
 Queen's Historical Trees
William Hillebrand, Queen's first physician, was also a noted botanist.
He was keenly interested in rare trees and exotic plants and introduced many new species to Hawaii.
Queen Emma took special interest in creating beautiful gardens on the hospital grounds, and together with Dr. Hillebrand, she changed the barren acres into an oasis.
www.queens.org /about/trees.html   (93 words)

  
 Directory of Historical Records Repositories in Hawaii, 4th ed.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Association of Hawaii Archivists and the Hawaiian Historical Society are pleased to present this updated fourth edition of the Directory of Historical Records Repositories in Hawaii.
Institutional, faculty, and student records of the Hawaii Campus, local records and photos; files on the LDS Church in Hawaii and Hawaiian Temple in Laie; Kahuku Sugar Mill records; Laie Community Association records (1970s to date); records of the Polynesian Cultural Center (1963 to date); private papers.
Records on Hulihee Palace Museum in Kailua-Kona, the Queen Emma Summer Palace in Honolulu, and the Daughters of Hawaii.
www.hawaiianhistory.org /recrep.html   (1795 words)

  
 Murray E Breen - Queen Emma's Summer Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Maintained by the Daughters of Hawaii, the summer retreat is preserved in a charming Hawaiian-Victorian setting.
Queen Emma, born in 1836, was one of the earliest symbols of the islands' cosmopolitan culture, for she was descended both from Hawaiian chieftains and from John Young, an Englishman who became the friend and advisor of the great Kamehameha I. A past era comes alive at Queen Emma Summer Palace in historic Nu`uanu Valley.
The estate served as a royal retreat for Queen Emma, her husband, King Kamehameha IV, and their son, Prince Albert Edward.
www.surf-the-arts.com /paintings/queenemma.html   (185 words)

  
 Family ForestĀ® - eBooks
Emma Naea Rooke (1836-1885) Beloved Queen of Hawaii, by Russell E. Benton.
Men of Hawaii, A biographical record of men of substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands, Volume IV Revised, by George F. Nellist.
(The) Parker Ranch of Hawaii, The Saga of a Ranch and a Dynasty, by Joseph L. Brennan.
www.familyforest.com /biblio.html   (12585 words)

  
 Welcome to Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Oahu is an island of magnificent panoramas, ringed with white sand beaches, capped by towering volcanic peaks, and in between the mountains and the ocean lies the playground of the Pacific.
Honolulu Academy Of Arts is a registered national and state historic place, renowned for an extensive collection of Asian and Western art and the beauty of its grounds and buildings.
Queen Emma Summer Palace, a charming index located in Nuuanu Valley, has been restored to its original appearance and houses a fine collection of Hawaiiana.
www.hkccweb.org /eng/oahu.htm   (589 words)

  
 White House - Royal And Titled Guests
In 1866, Queen Emma, of Hawaii while making a trip around the world, visited Washington, and was received at the White House by President Johnson.
The Queen was introduced to all the ladies of President Johnson's family, and altogether every possible courtesy was paid to the guest from the then unimportant islands of the Pacific.
She wore, at the dinner, a low cut gown of fl silk with a mauve ribbon at her throat, and ornaments consisting of a diamond brooch and a necklace of jet.
www.oldandsold.com /articles31n/white-house-history-38.shtml   (2396 words)

  
 George S Kanahele - 0824822404 - Haaland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Emma Journal The Story of a Colonial Girl Young American Voices.
Emma Eileen Grove Mississippi 1865 American Diaries No 2.
Emma Goldman in Exile : From the Russian Revolution to the Spanish Civil War.
www.howtowrite.net /132156emma_hawaii_s_remarkable_queen.html   (45 words)

  
 Kauai Queen Bath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Queen's bath is a hidden gem on Kauai's north shore.
Picture of Kauai, Hawaii: Queen Emma's Bath from travelogue of Amcan Travel staff trip to Kauai.
The Queen's Bath The Queen’s Bath was recessed in the rocks and it took us a while to find it.
www.justhawaii.info /browse/kauai-queen-bath.html   (192 words)

  
 Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is the resting place of Hawaii's two prominent royal families: the (Click link for more info and facts about Kamehameha Dynasty) Kamehameha Dynasty and the (Click link for more info and facts about Kalakaua Dynasty) Kalakaua Dynasty.
The three acre (12,000 m²) mausoleum was built by (Click link for more info and facts about Kamehameha IV) Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma as a burial site for their deceased four-year old son, (A man's double-breasted frock coat) Prince Albert.
It was decided that the mausoleum was a more fitting place to bury past monarchs of the (Click link for more info and facts about Kingdom of Hawaii) Kingdom of Hawaii and their families.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_mausoleum_of_hawaii.htm   (282 words)

  
 Queen Emma Gardens, Real estate condominium guide for Honolulu, Hawaii providing information on condo sales, ...
Queen Emma Gardens, Real estate condominium guide for Honolulu, Hawaii providing information on condo sales, investment, retirement, second home and vacation rental properties.
The project was originally conceived as rental units to benefit the Hawaii Community Foundation.
Two buildings, "King" and "Queen" Towers, were purchased by the Queen Emma Gardens Development Co. for condominium conversion.
www.myhawaiicondo.com /dt/queenemma1.html   (241 words)

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