Esther Kaleimomi Kaiuwailani Kaoao Richardson[1] (January 17, 1901 – March 18, 1963) was a Republican Representative for Hawaii Island in the Hawaii Territorial House of Representatives.
[3] The Honolulu Star-Bulletin described her in 1951 as "a slender woman with quiet dignity".
[4] She was from South Kona, where she ran a lauhala weaving studio.
[2] Richardson was born in Punaluu, Oahu and died in Plymouth, Massachusetts after a heart attack while on a trip to visit her son.
[6] Their son, Barrister Allen Richardson, was the first orthopedic surgeon in Hawaii, who married two-time Olympic swimmer Lillian "Pokey" Watson.