Rose Kaumai Mackwelung (1912 – June 16, 1985) was an educator and activist on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia.
"[1] Rose Mackwelung was born in Kiribati (then the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands) in 1912.
[2][3][4][5] After living with her adoptive mother on Jaluit Atoll and the island of Kosrae, in 1922 she was sent to the United States, where she completed her education in California.
[3][5] She also traveled internationally to various seminars and conferences, including as the first woman to receive a United Nations Fellowship in Community Development in 1964.
[2][4] Despite a strict Christian upbringing and many years of work in missionary schools, Mackwelung eventually shifted to the Baháʼí Faith.