# Mary Lanwi

> Mary Heine Lanwi was an educator, activist, and promotor of traditional handicrafts in the Marshall Islands. A female pioneer on the islands, she has been described as "perhaps the first Marshallese woman to begin employment outside the home." In 1974, she was the only woman elected to serve as a delegate to the Micronesian Constitutional Convention.

*Artist, teacher and businesswoman*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mary-lanwi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Marshall Islands
- **Born:** 1921
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Mary Heine Lanwi was an educator, activist, and promotor of traditional handicrafts in the Marshall Islands. A female pioneer on the islands, she has been described as "perhaps the first Marshallese woman to begin employment outside the home." In 1974, she was the only woman elected to serve as a delegate to the Micronesian Constitutional Convention.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.2

## Sources
- [Mary Lanwi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lanwi)
- [Mary Heine Lanwi](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Heine_Lanwi)
- [Mary Lanwi](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lanwi)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108847860)

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