Abigail Helen Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa was a member of the House of Kawānanakoa and the eldest daughter of Prince David Kawānanakoa and Princess Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa.
Background
She was born in Honolulu, Oahu, on March 14, 1903, and was adopted by her maternal grandmother, Abigail Kuaihelani Campbell Parker, on February 8, 1908. Only a few months after her adoption Kapiʻolani would lose both her father and grandmother.
Career
Her name was changed to Kapiʻolani Campbell after her adoption. Her siblings were David Kalākaua and Lydia Liliʻuokalani. Among other things, from 1945 she was the Regent of the Hale o na Alii o Hawaii (House of Chiefs of Hawaii).
On the subject of the restoration of the Hawaiian monarchy, she is quoted to have said: "If American wanted do something to restore the monarchy that would be all right.
But no Hawaiians would do anything to hurt America. We love America too much." She died on Maui of a stroke, in April 8, 1961.
There were plans to bury her at a new burial plot at the Royal Mausoleum, but her widower Harry Field felt uncomfortable about the prospect of being buried at the Royal Mausoleum. Instead he had her buried in the Oahu Cemetery on the family plot.