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born 17 February 1914 in Carolina, Puerto Rico
died 6 July 1953 in New York, NY

Puerto Rican poet
95th birthday 17 February 2009

It is often difficult to distinguish between the myth “de Burgos” and the reality of the woman born Julia Constanze Burgos García. Legends remain—and an oeuvre of over 200 poems. Her life began in a barrio, but as the first of thirteen children she was given the chance to go to school.…read more

Grethe Jürgens

born on February 15, 1899 in Holzhausen near Osnabrück
died on May 8, 1981 in Hannover

German painter and graphic artist

Grethe Jürgens studied painting in Hannover at the beginning of the Golden Twenties. In her circle of like-minded artists, she began to capture her impressions of student life and the petty bourgeois milieu in quickly dashed off sketches. The young artist was so impoverished that during…read more

Adelheid Reinbold

German Writer

bon January 15, 1800 in Hannover
died February 14, 1839 in Dresden

From the recollections and acknowledgements of Adelheid Reinbold's contemporaries emerges virtually the ideal image of a woman: talented and cultured, politically engaged (liberal-progressive), charming and cheerful, self-confident yet modest, and on top of all that young, beautiful and…read more

Lillie Langtry

born 13 October 1852 on Jersey, England
died 12 February 1929 in Monte Carlo, Monaco

Britiish actress

Initial fame settled upon Lillie Langtry accidentally, thanks to her great beauty and sense of style. Abundant romantic scandals helped spread her renown. But it was Lillie’s own determination, imagination, shrewdness, and independent spirit that cemented her enduring success as an actress…read more

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150 sculptors
66 women born in Prague
220 women born in New York
270 women born in London
138 dancers
116 women who commited suicide

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