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Her husband Albert supported her philanthropic community activities, and in 1908 donated land and $ 50,000 to erect the Kauikeōlani
Children's Hospital in her honor. The institution was given her Hawaiian name which means “place in the skies (of) heaven”. In 1928, she donated a therapy swimming pool
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450:"Wilcox-Mahelona: A Pretty Wedding Held at the Kawaiahao Seminary"
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767:"$ 60, 000 Left By Mrs. Wilcox In Bequests 1931"
428:. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 232–233.
407:. Honolulu: Hawaiian gazette company. p.
267:. September 14, 1878. p. Image 4, col. 4
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532:Honolulu Star-Bulletin at HonoNewspapers.com
401:Hawaiian Mission Children's Society (1901).
333:"S. Mahelona's Burial 1892 - Newspapers.com"
865:Emma Kauikeolani Napoleon Mahelona Wilcox
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738:The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com
734:"Emma Wilcox Estate Value Said $ 800,000"
672:The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com
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425:Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780–1900
373:The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com
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40:Emma Kauikeōlani Napoleon Mahelona Wilcox
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300:"Death of Samuel Mahelona Sr. 1892"
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84:Kawaiahaʻo Seminary for Girls
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123:business man and politician
369:"Succumbs To Brief Illness"
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