Editing Likelike (section)

==Public life==
After his accession, Likelike's brother Kalākaua bestowed royal titles and ranks upon her and their siblings: sisters became Princess Lydia Kamakaʻeha Dominis (Liliʻuokalani) and Princess Miriam Likelike Cleghorn and their brother became Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku. The latter was also named heir to the Hawaiian throne, as Kalākaua and [[Kapiʻolani|Queen Kapiʻolani]] had no children of their own.{{sfn|Allen|1982|page=138}}{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|pages=53–55}}{{sfn|Mcdermott|Choy|Guerrero|2015|page=62}}

After Leleiohoku's death on April 9, 1877, Kalākaua proclaimed Liliʻuokalani heir apparent to the throne.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1967|pages=196–197}} Likelike and her daughter were next in the line of succession.{{sfn|Webb|Webb|1998|page=5}} Kalākaua bestowed the title of Princess of the Kingdom on Likelike by [[letters patent]] on February 10, 1883, also recognizing other members of his family who been using their courtesy titles since 1873. She was ranked in precedence behind the king and queen, Queen Dowager Emma and Liliʻuokalani and her husband, John Owen Dominis, and ranked above her husband and their daughter Princess Kaʻiulani.<ref name="1883Patent">{{harvnb|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1883a}}</ref> Likelike participated in Kalākaua's coronation, nine years into his reign, on February 12, 1883. She wore "a robe of brocaded white satin trimmed with pearls and feathers" ordered from San Francisco, and was waited on by sisters Clara and Lizzie Coney.{{sfn|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1883b}}{{sfn|Taylor|1922|page=322}}{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|page=101}}

[[File:Cook Monument Kealakekua.jpg|thumb|alt=White stone monument to Captain Cook|The Cook Monument at Kealakekua Bay]]
The Cook Monument, an [[obelisk]] commemorating Captain [[James Cook]]'s landing on the [[Hawaiian Islands]], was unveiled in November 1874 at the place where he was killed. Great Britain and the United States were seen at the time seen as allies who prevented Russia from seizing the kingdom. On January 26, 1877, Likelike and Cleghorn deeded their land at the Cook Monument at [[Kealakekua Bay]] in trust to the [[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Hawaii|British Commissioner to Hawaii]] [[James Hay Wodehouse]] and his subsequent heirs for one dollar "to keep and maintain" the monument. Although the deed names Likelike and her husband, its only signatory was Cleghorn's. Because of the deed's wording, Wodehouse and his heirs (not the British government) became owners of the land. The error was not discovered until 1939, when the Wodehouse estate conveyed the deed to the British government for $1.{{sfn|Coulter|1964|pages=256–261}}

=== Governorship ===
[[Governors of Hawaii (island)|Governor]] [[Samuel Kipi]] died in office on March 11, 1879. Likelike was appointed his successor on March 29, and held the position until September 2, 1880.<ref>{{harvnb|Hawaii state office record}}</ref>{{sfn|Kaeo|Queen Emma|1976|p=214–215}}<ref name="HawaiianGazette1879">{{harvnb|The Hawaiian Gazette|1879}}</ref> Her first official meeting as governor was at the Hilo courthouse on May 31.{{sfn|Lyons|1945|page=206}} The island of Hawaii was no stranger to a female governor, since Princess Keʻelikōlani (Kaʻiulani's godmother) had held the position from 1855 to 1874. During her tenure, Likelike visited all of the island's districts and had a special affinity for [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona]] and [[Hilo, Hawaii#History|Hilo]].<ref name="Memoriam" />{{sfn|Newbury|2001|page=16}}
	
In April 1880, the [[Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom|legislature of the Kingdom]] appropriated an annual allowance of $8,000 (a $5,000 increase from her salary as governor) for Likelike "provided she resigns the office of Governess of Hawaii".<ref name="1880Act">{{cite book|title=Chapter XLVI: An Act Making Specific Appropriations For The Use Of The Government During The Two Years Which Will End With The 31st Day Of March, In The Year One Thousand Eight Hundred And Eighty-Two|work=Laws of His Majesty Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands: Passed by the Legislative Assembly at Its Session of 1880|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dC44AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA61|year=1880|publisher=Black & Auld|location=Honolulu|oclc=42350849|pages=61–70}}</ref> She had resigned her position by September 1880, and Princess [[Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike]] (Queen Kapiʻolani's younger sister) was appointed her successor on September 2 of that year.{{sfn|Newbury|2001|page=16}}{{sfn|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1880}} The 1882 legislative session increased her annual salary to $12,000 and appropriate $5,000 for her seven year-old daughter Princess Kaʻiulani.<ref>{{cite book|title=Chapter XLVI Making Specific Appropriations For The Use Of The Government During The Two Years Which End With The 31st Day Of March, In The Year One Thousand Eight Hundred And Eighty-Four|work=Laws of His Majesty Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands: Passed by the Legislative Assembly at Its Session of 1882|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srMwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA107|year=1882|publisher=Black & Auld|location=Honolulu|oclc=42350849|pages=107–121|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709183400/https://books.google.com/books?id=srMwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA107|archive-date=July 9, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Philanthropy ===
Likelike was involved in a number of philanthropic projects. On February 19, 1874, she created and organized the [[Hui Hooulu a Hoola La Hui of Kalakaua I]], a charity of which she was its first president. Organized one week after her brother's ascension to the throne, it took its name from his motto (''"Hoʻoulu Lāhui"''; "to increase, restore, re-establish and advance the ''lāhui'' [people]").<ref>{{cite web |title=E HOʻOULU LĀHUI |url=https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/hawaiian-studies/home |website=University of Hawaiʻi Maui College}}</ref> The organization provided assistance for the needy, including financial help, clothing, medical care or shelter, food, and family burials.{{sfn|Dailybulletin|1888|pp=4–11}} Likelike helped her sister to found the [[Liliʻuokalani Educational Society]], an organization "to interest the Hawaiian ladies in the proper training of young girls of their own race whose parents would be unable to give them advantages by which they would be prepared for the duties of life", in 1886. She led one division of the organization, and Liliʻuokalani led the other. It supported the education of Hawaiian girls at Likelike's alma mater, Kawaiahaʻo Seminary for Girls, and [[Kamehameha Schools|Kamehameha School]]. After Likelike's death, Liliʻuokalani assumed full leadership of the organization.{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|pages=113–114}}{{sfn|Bonura|Witmer|2013|pages=120–121}}{{sfn|Hawe|2018}}