Rose Mackwelung

Rose Kaumai Mackwelung (1912 – June 16, 1985) was an educator and activist on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia. She has been described as "the mother of education in Kosrae."

Early life and education Rose Mackwelung was born in Kiribati (then the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands) in 1912. At age 3, she was adopted by the American missionary Jessie Rebecca Hoppin, who had taught her parents at a missionary school. 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. From 1965 until her retirement in 1974, she served as the district's women's affairs officer.