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Civic Society, Contemporary Guam: Education, Education, Guamanian Era, Guamanian Era: Education, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, People, People and Places, Women in Guam History

Rosa Aguigui Reyes

 

Rosa Aguigui Reyes (1915-2007) is distinguished as being the first woman elected to the Guam Congress, in 1946.  She was a pioneer in politics and in education.  Reyes was born 7 February 1915 to Bienvenida Mata Tyquiengco and Ignacio Babauta Aguigui.  She graduated from Agana High School before World War II.

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Catholic, Civic Society, Education, Guamanian Era, Guamanian Era: Education, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, People, People and Places, Post WWII Era, Post WWII: Education, Post WWII: Religion, Religion, US Naval Era: Religion, Women in Guam History

Mary Essie Underwood

 

Mary Essie Underwood (1906-1998), also known as Sister Mary Inez, was one of the first three Sisters of Mercy from North Carolina who came to Guam in 1946 to establish a community of women religious and Catholic schools.

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Civic Society, Education, Guamanian Era, Guamanian Era: Education, Guamanian Era: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, People, People and Places, Politics and Government, Women in Guam History

Elizabeth Perez Arriola

 

Elizabeth Pangelinan Perez Arriola (1928 – 2002) is most widely recognized in Guam history for her stand on issues affecting the family. A six-term Guam senator, Arriola took tough stances against legalizing casino gambling and abortion, and championed legislation on a wide range of issues affecting Guam and its culture, focusing special concern on women, youth and senior citizens.

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Health and Medicine, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, People, People and Places, Post WWII Era, Post WWII Era: Health, US Naval Era, US Naval Era: Health, Women in Guam History, WWII/Japanese Era, WWII/Japanese Era: Health

Amanda Guzman Shelton

 

Amanda Pangelinan Guzman Shelton (1906-1982) was one of a handful of native Chamorro nurses who worked at the Naval Hospital in Hagåtña in the early American administration of Guam before World War II.  Better known as “Mac,” Shelton was born 22 October 1906.

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Art, Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food, Artists, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Music, Creative Expressions, Guamanian Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Music, People, People and Places

Johnny Sablan

 

Johnny Sablan, (1948 – ) a pioneer Chamorro recording artist, received the “Island Icon Award for 2011” in a vote among fellow musicians and islandwide audiences at the Island Music Awards.  This is the latest of a litany of accolades for Sablan who has promoted the island’s indigenous language and culture through a music career spanning more than five decades.  The award is not surprising, considering Sablan’s 1968 release of “Dalai Nene,” the first commercially recorded album in Chamorro, marked the beginning of the Chamorro music industry.

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Art, Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food, Artists, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Creative Expressions, Education, Guamanian Era, Guamanian Era: Education, Historic Eras of Guam, Indigenous Lenses, Modern Guam Rises, Music, People, People and Places, Performance Arts, Traditional Music, Women in Guam History

Clotilde “Ding” Castro Gould

 

Clotilde “Ding” Castro Gould (1930-2002) was a beloved storyteller, educator and advocate for Chamorro language and culture.  Through her sense of humor and gift for weaving stories and songs together about Chamorros and life on Guam, Gould helped create and shape Chamorro language resources and programs on Guam, as well as advanced cultural awareness of the Marianas in the larger Pacific region.

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Chamorro Culture, Historic Eras of Guam, Matrilineal Systems, Modern Guam Rises, Our Heritage, Post WWII Era, Spanish Era, Spanish Era Changes to Matrilineal Practices, US Naval Era, WWII/Japanese Era

Låncho: Ranch

 

The word “låncho” comes from the word Spanish word “rancheria” and refers to Chamorro farms, ranches, gardens, or family property in the hålomtåno’ (jungle), and even properties along beaches. They can be small or large, and can be active farming ventures with crops and livestock, or can be overgrown jungle in which families harvest wild tinanom, fruta yan gollai siha (plants/crops, fruits and vegetables).

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