Isabelle Thompson
Isabelle Namauʻu Thompson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Maui County | |
| In office 1945 – June 11, 1946 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Isabelle Namauʻu May 17, 1891 Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Died | June 11, 1946 (aged 55) Kihei, Hawaii |
| Spouse | Charles Thompson |
| Children | 4 |
Isabelle Namauʻu Thompson (May 17, 1891 – June 11, 1946) was a Hawaiian-American teacher and politician. Born in
Early life
Isabell Namauʻu[a] was born in Lahaina, Hawaii, on May 17, 1891.[1]
Namauʻu sang at the annual meeting of the Hawaiian Girls' Club in May 1919.[2] On June 25, 1921, a farewell party was held at the Kula Sanitarium for Namauʻu and a colleague, who were both leaving the sanitarium.[3] In July and August 1921, Namauʻu sang Hawaiian music at the daily assemblies of the territory's summer school, which was held at McKinley High School.[4]
On December 19, 1921, Namauʻu married prominent rancher Charles Thompson at her home in Lahaina. The couple travelled to Hana to celebrate. At the time of the marriage, Namauʻu was a teacher at the Episcopal School in Lahaina and had previously taught in Kula.[5] She was Thompson's third wife; they had four children together.[6]
Career and death
Thompson was elected as a
On June 11, 1946, Thompson died of a sudden intracerebral hemorrhage at her home in Kihei. She was 55 years old. Because there were no legislative sessions scheduled before the next general election that November, her seat remained vacant through the end of the term.[1]
Notes
- ^ Some contemporary sources have her maiden name as Namau, but later sources agree on Namauʻu; this difference in orthography is typical for similar names.
References
Citations
- ^ Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Thompson-Namau". The Maui News. December 20, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "THOMPSON". Ka Wai Ola. October 1, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ Cox 1996, p. 100.
Works cited
- Cox, Elizabeth (1996). Women, state, and territorial legislators, 1895 - 1995: a state-by-state analysis, with rosters of 6,000 women. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0078-2.