Aiona Abbott News Today

The newest building at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will be named after Isabella Aiona Abbott, otherwise known as the 'First Lady of Limu.'

The late UH Mānoa ethnobotany professor emerita and Kānaka Maoli made an indelible mark in the scientific community.

These influential wāhine and their achievements in Hawaiis history paved the way for all Hawaiian women, as well as women around the Pacific! Source: Hawaii Magazine 1. Queen Emma Photo: Wikipedia In 1859, Queen Emma Kalanikaumakaʻamano Kaleleonālani Naʻea Rooke established Queens Hospital to save the rapidly declining Native Hawaiian population, providing free services to those suffering from foreign-introduced illnesses like smallpox and influenza. In 1867, she founded The St. An...