Woman of the week:

Selma Lagerlöf

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Selma Lagerlöf


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Woman of the week:

Caroline Lucretia Herschel

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Caroline Herschel

German astronomer

born March 16, 1750 in Hannover
died January 9, 1848 in Hannover


Caroline Lucretia Herschel was the first woman to receive full recognition in the field of astronomy. She grew up in Hanover, the only girl among five surviving children of the military musician Isaak Herschel and his wife Anna Ilse Herschel. Against the wishes of her mother, who would have preferred her to be a seamstress, Caroline, like her brothers, received musical training and became a concert singer. When she was 22 she followed her brother Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (her elder by twelve years) to England, where he was an organist and conductor in the elegant city of Bath. He needed …

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Woman of the week:

Leona Rostenberg

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Frauenbild


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Woman of the week:

Tamara de Lempicka

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Tamara de Lempicka


This biography is not yet available in English. You can find the German version here


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