Almira Hollander Pitman

Almira Hollander Pitman (1854 – December 17, 1939) was an American suffragist and women's rights activist.

[2][1] Born in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Benjamin F. K. Pitman was of Native Hawaiian noble descent and the son of Kinoʻoleoliliha, a high chiefess of Hilo.

[3] In 1917, a bill was presented by Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole to the United States Congress to allow Hawaii to legislate on suffrage.

[3] Pitman, Anna Howard Shaw and Maud Wood Park all testified in front of the House Committee on Woman Suffrage about the bill on April 29, 1918.

[8][9] After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, Pitman remained an activist for women's rights.