Who is Queen Liliuokalani from Hawaii and what is their importance?

Queen Liliuokalani ascends the throne as Queen of the islands on January 29, 1891. Unlike her predecessors, she opposes haole domination of the government. She was Lydia Dominis until her brother dies, and was married to an Italian. She is well-traveled and has been admitted to many of the courts of Europe. She tries to combat the republicanism that has swept the islands.