Esperanza Escolar Limjap Osmeña (December 18, 1894 – April 4, 1978)[1] was the second wife of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourth First Lady of the Philippines.

Esperanza Limjap y Escolar was born in San Miguel, Manila to Mariano Limjap y Nolasco and María Escolar y Carreón.

[1] She married Osmeña, then the House Speaker and representative from Cebu, on January 10, 1920, in San Miguel, Manila, two years after the death of Osmeña's first wife, Estefania Chiong Veloso.

She became first lady upon the death of Manuel L. Quezon, when her husband succeeded to the presidency of the Philippine government-in-exile in the United States.

On October 30, 1944, Russell W. Volckmann's forces rescued Mrs. Osmeña and family from Baguio.