[1] According to Time Magazine, Nancy Quinn was the first person in the Territory of Hawaii to receive news that the bill granting Hawaiian statehood had been signed by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1959.

[3] The couple moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1947 when William Quinn, a lawyer, was offered a job at the Robertson, Castle & Anthony law firm; he was promoted to partner in 1950.

Time Magazine reported that First Lady Nancy Quinn was the first person in Hawaii to receive news that President Eisenhower had signed the Admission Act into law.

[1][2] Nancy Quinn had received the radiogram announcing Hawaii's admission at the door of their official residence, Washington Place.

[1] Her work was chronicled in a biography of Governor Quinn called "No Ordinary Man," which was authored by Mary C. Kahulumana Richards.

In 2001, Quinn shared the Palaka Award with fellow former first ladies Jean Ariyoshi, Lynne Waihee, and Vicky Cayetano for service to Hawaii.