Elinor Langton-Boyle

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Elinor Langton-Boyle
Born
Elinor Alice Veilleux

(1865-06-13)June 13, 1865
Irasburg, Vermont, United States
DiedJuly 13, 1946(1946-07-13) (aged 81)
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
Other namesMa Boyle
EducationPunahou School
Occupation(s)Businesswoman, journalist
Spouse(s)William Langton,
James S. Boyle

Elinor Alice Veilleux Langton–Boyle (née Elinor Alice Veilleux; June 13, 1865 – July 13, 1946), also known as Ma Boyle, was an American-born Hawaiian businesswoman and journalist, who operated the Paradise of the Pacific magazine from 1902 to 1944.[1]

Life and career

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Elinor Alice Veilleux was born on June 13, 1865, in Irasburg, Vermont. She moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1900.[2]

While the magazine Paradise of the Pacific had been founded by King Kalākaua in 1888,[3] Boyle-Langton and her husband, William Langton, took ownership and began publishing the paper four years after arrival in 1904.[2] Even after the death of her husband in 1910, and during her second marriage to James S. Boyle, she continued to publish the paper until health issues (sustained from a fall[3]) required she stop in 1944.[2] After long serving as its proprietor,[4] she sold the magazine to fourteen of its employees.[3]

Her husband died in 1945, and she died on 13 July 1946, in her home in Honolulu.[5] In death, the Honolulu Sunday Advertiser described her as kamaʻāina, literally meaning a child of the land.[5][6]

As the owner of the magazine, it circulated widely both inside and outside of Hawaii.[7] Described by a contemporary of hers, Maile Kearns, as a "pioneer" in color reproductions of artwork for magazines, she routinely solicited artists to create color covers for the magazine (often reproductions) and selected them herself: For Kearns, this was a defining element of Boyle-Langton's ownership of the magazine.[7] Under her leadership, the magazine was largely full of color, and it devoted significant attention to topics relevant to Hawaii.[8] At one point, Paradise of the Pacific may have been among the largest printing plants owned and run by a woman in the United States.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Belknap 1967, p. A7; Honolulu Advertiser 1946, p. editorial; Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1946a, p. 2; Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1946b, p. 19.
  2. ^ a b c Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1946a, p. 2.
  3. ^ a b c Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1944, p. 1.
  4. ^ Hilo Daily Tribune 1917, p. 4.
  5. ^ a b "Elinor Boyle, Kamaaina, Dies At Home". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. July 14, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  6. ^ Bremer et al. 2018.
  7. ^ a b Kearns 1963, p. D12.
  8. ^ Honolulu Advertiser 1934, p. editorial.
  9. ^ Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1938, p. 3.

Bibliography

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  • Belknap, Jazz (28 January 1967). "When Ma boiled over". Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
  • Bremer, Leah L.; Mandle, Lisa; Trauernicht, Clay; Pascua, Puaʻala; McMillen, Heather L.; Burnett, Kimberly; Wada, Christopher A.; Kurashima, Natalie; Quazi, Shimona A.; Giambelluca, Thomas; Chock, Pia; Ticktin, Tamara (2018). "Bringing multiple values to the table: Assessing future land-use and climate change in North Kona, Hawaiʻi". Ecology and Society. 23 (1). doi:10.5751/ES-09936-230133.
  • Kearns, Maile (13 October 1963). "An old-time personality... 'Ma' Boyle". Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser.
  • "Brevities". Hilo Daily Tribune. 12 October 1917.
  • "Christmas number of the Paradise". Honolulu Advertiser. 1 December 1934.
  • "Ma Boyle". Honolulu Advertiser. 18 July 1946.
  • "Women in business". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 23 April 1938.
  • "Paradise Pacific magazine, plant sold to workers". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 31 March 1944.
  • "'Ma' Langton Boyle dies; made 'Paradise of the Pacific' famous". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 15 July 1946.
  • "Funeral announcements". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 17 July 1946.