She was born in Honolulu, Oahu, on March 14, 1903,[1] and was adopted by her maternal grandmother, Abigail Kuaihelani Campbell Parker, on February 8, 1908.

After her grandmother's death, her widower Samuel Parker petitioned to be granted Kapiʻolani's guardianship, but her mother was declared as her guardian instead.

[11] Field was educated at Punahou School, Honolulu, Oahu, and Oregon State University at Corvallis, Oregon, and served as President of the Hawaiian Civic Club from 1952 to 1953 and Senator of the Hawaii State Senate between 1963 and 1964.

[12] 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 alongside her at the Royal Mausoleum.

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