Emma Kauikeōlani Wilcox

Emma Kauikeōlani Napoleon Mahelona Wilcox (November 25, 1851 – October 22, 1931), was a socialite, philanthropist and civic leader from Hawaii.

She was born of Corsican, Tahitian and Native Hawaiian ancestry in the Mililani area of the island of Oahu, and was raised in a house on Queen Street in Honolulu.

Her mother Pamahoa was of Hawaiian ancestry, related to the family of Charles Kanaʻina, the father of King Lunalilo.

Upon her husband's death in 1892, his funeral was attended by Queen Liliʻuokalani and her ladies in waiting, Governor of Oahu Archibald Scott Cleghorn and other kingdom dignitaries.

Henry Hodges Parker, and attended by the socially elite: Republic of Hawaii President Sanford B. Dole, Princess Kaʻiulani, Chief Justice Albert Francis Judd, politician Joseph Ballard Atherton, former Minister of Finance Peter Cushman Jones, the Rev.

[9] Her husband Albert supported her philanthropic community activities, and in 1908 donated land and $50,000 to erect the Kauikeōlani Children's Hospital in her honor.

A memorial service was held in her home that same day, and her body was shipped back to Kauai that evening for burial.