"It was the intention of the officers of the government to humiliate me by imprisoning me, but my spirit rose above that. I was a martyr to the cause of my people, and was proud of it."

Queen Liliuokalani wrote her memoir ~ which accounted for 6 turbulent decades in her kingdom's history ~ over the course of her imprisonment + travels. After it was published in 1898, she made history again by becoming the first Native Hawaiian female author.

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