An amazing feat, that served to both pave the way for other aspiring female members of parliament today, but propelled the movement of gender equality.
[3] In 1975, Lady Latasi was influential in setting up the headquarters for the Girl Guides Association of Tuvalu in Funafuti following the separation of the Ellice Islands from the Gilbert Islands.
[3] Lady Latasi was the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu.
[4] She remained the only woman ever to have served in the Tuvaluan Parliament until Pelenike Isaia won the August 2011 by-election for the constituency of Nui.
[1][5] In the 1993 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for public and community services.