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Even at a time when women's roles were limited, prominent women leaders emerged.  The three women pictured here as they were preparing to leave for a regional workshop in 1961 were among the best known: Anastasia Ramarui of Palau, Mary Lanwi of the Marshalls, and Rose Mackwelung of Kosrae.
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(photo from TT Archives, Univ. of Hawaii Library)