by Cathy Song

Field Work & Family Work: Picture Brides on Hawaii's Sugar Plantations 1910-1920
The University of Hawaii at Manoa sponsors the Hawaii Women's Heritage Project through its Department of Women's Studies. A portion of the project's Web site is dedicated to Hawaii's picture brides. Scroll through the information in this section to learn what daily life was like for these women and then create illustrations to accompany the article. Be sure to write captions for your illustrations.