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#OnThisDay, 29 Jan 1891, Liliʻuokalani is sworn in as Queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

She is the first, and only, regnant queen of the country and is deposed in a coup in 1893 that was supported by the US marines.

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Liliʻuokalani in London in 1888 where she was an official envoy of the Hawaiian king at Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. She is a Hawaiian woman with dark hair, wearing a fashionably ornate day dress.
Misogyny, pure and simple. Interference in matter of sovereign rights.
Misogyny for sure, but also greed... the US wanted Hawaii.
Yep, misogynoir and colonialism.
Yes, but to be fair, this can be said of the every bit of US territory..
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