Ah Quon McElrath was an intellectual force who gave voice to Hawai'i's working class and helped power a labor movement based on racial equality that transformed Hawai'i from a semi-feudal oligarchy to a modern labor democracy. Born to immigrant Chinese parents and raised in extreme poverty, she became one of Hawai'i's most influential leaders.

Ah Quon McElrath was an intellectual force who gave voice to Hawai'i's working class and helped power a labor movement based on racial equality that transformed Hawai'i from a semi-feudal oligarchy to a modern labor democracy. Born to immigrant Chinese parents and raised in extreme poverty, she became one of Hawai'i's most influential leaders.

Ah Quon McElrath was an intellectual force who gave voice to Hawai'i's working class and helped power a labor movement based on racial equality that transformed Hawai'i from a semi-feudal oligarchy to a modern labor democracy. Born to immigrant Chinese parents and raised in extreme poverty, she became one of Hawai'i's most influential leaders.

Ah Quon McElrath was an intellectual force who gave voice to Hawai'i's working class and helped power a labor movement based on racial equality that transformed Hawai'i from a semi-feudal oligarchy to a modern labor democracy. Born to immigrant Chinese parents and raised in extreme poverty, she became one of Hawai'i's most influential leaders.