Background
Hale was born Helene Eleanor Hilyer in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 23, 1918.
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Helene Hale
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From 1955 until 1963 she served on the County of Hawaii Board of Supervisors. From 1963 until 1965 she was the County"s Chairman and Executive Officer (a forerunner of the mayoral position). In that position, she was the first woman to serve as a mayor in Hawaii.
She served six years representing the 4th district in the legislature before retiring in 2006 following a stroke.
She was pictured on the cover of Ebony in 1963.
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American