Women's Voices in Hawaii

292 pp. "In assembling this diverse collection of oral histories, Joyce Lebra interviewed approximately fifty women on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island of Hawaii. Most of the women were in their eighties and late seventies. Their heartwarming stories translated and revealed here tell of the goals, perceptions, work, lifestyles, survival strategies, and aspirations of the settlers of Hawaii who contributed ethnically, culturally, and economically to the peopling of the Islands and their proud heritage..."