Mary Kapuahualani Robinson
Mary Kapuahualani Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Hawaii Territorial Senate | |
| In office 1951–1955 | |
| Constituency | 3rd Senatorial district (Oahu) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mary Kapuahualani Hart 1895 or 1896 |
| Died | (aged 82) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Nickname | Girlie |
Mary Kapuahualani "Girlie" Robinson (born Mary Kapuahualani Hart in 1896–97, died June 5, 1978) was a Republican Senator from Oahu in the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. She was one of two women in the Territorial Senate in 1951, with the other being Thelma Akana Harrison.
Before being elected to the legislature, she was president of We The Women of Hawaii, and worked within the Territorial Government for 21 years.
She attended school at St. Andrew's Priory.
In February 1945, she married local businessman Mark Alexander Robinson. In 1951, she founded Robinson Travel Inc., which had become a multimillion-dollar company by the time of her death in 1978.