Carlotta Stewart Lai | |
|---|---|
 Lai around age 19 | |
| Born | September 16, 1881 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | July 6, 1952 (aged 70) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Oahu College (Punahou School) |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, school principal |
| Spouse | Yun Tim Lai |
| Parent(s) | Thomas McCants Stewart, Charlotte L. Harris Stewart |
| Relatives | McCant Stewart, Gilchrist Stewart (siblings) |
Carlotta Stewart Lai (September 16, 1881 – July 6, 1952) was an educator and administrator in the Hawaiian public schools for four decades.[1] She was the first African American school principal in Honolulu.[2][3] Lai, an African American from New York, worked as a teacher and educational leader at a time when these occupations were largely closed to African Americans on the U. S. mainland, and she achieved professional success at a time when African Americans represented only 0.2 percent of the population of Hawaii.[4]
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- ^ Hudson, Lynn; Broussard, Albert S. (March 2000). "African-American Odyssey: The Stewarts, 1853–1963". The Journal of American History. 86 (4): 1777. doi:10.2307/2567631. JSTOR 2567631. Archived from the original on 2024-07-10. Retrieved 2020-06-19.