Wilhelmine Widemann Dowsett | |
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 Wilhelmine Dowsett, 1918 | |
| Born | Wilhelmine Kekelaokalaninui Widemann March 28, 1861 |
| Died | December 10, 1929 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Oahu Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican[1] |
| Spouse | John McKibbin Dowsett |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Hermann A. Widemann Mary Kaumana Pilahiuilani |
Wilhelmine Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett (March 28, 1861 – December 10, 1929) was a Native Hawaiian suffragist who helped organize the National Women's Equal Suffrage Association of Hawaii, the first women's suffrage club in the Territory of Hawaii in 1912. She actively campaigned for the rights of the women of Hawaii to vote prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920.
- ^ "Oahu's Delegates to G.O.P. Convention Named in Precincts," Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Feb. 6, 1922, p. 3