Commemoratives of Famous Women for 1 January 2012

260. birthday: Betsy Ross
American
* 1 January 1752 in Philadelphia
† 30 January 1836 in ebd.

110. birthday: Eileen Younghusband
English
* 1 January 1902 in London
† 27 May 1981 in Raleigh, NC

245. birthday: Maria Edgeworth
Irish writer
* 1 January 1767 in Black Bourton
† 22 May 1849 in Edgeworthtown

115. birthday: Ana Aslan

* 1 January 1897
† 20 May 1988 in Bukarest

115. birthday: Berta Tappolet
Swiss
* 1 January 1897 in Zürich
† 21 July 1947 in St. Moritz

65. birthday: Claudia Weill
American
* 1 January 1947 in New York City

243. birthday: Jane Haldimand Marcet
English writer
* 1 January 1769 in London
† 28 June 1858 in London

243. birthday: Jane Haldimand Marcet
English writer
* 1 January 1769 in London
† 28 June 1858 in London

221. birthday: Auguste Bussmann
German
* 1 January 1791 in Frankfurt/M.
† 17 April 1832 in Frankfurt/M.

212. birthday: Philipine Brzezinska, geb. Szymanowska
Polish composer
* 1 January 1800 in Warschau
† 10 November 1886 in ebd.

199. birthday: Franziska Berg
German actress
* 1 January 1813 in Mannheim
† 22 April 1893 in Dresden

136. birthday: Olga Anderson
Swedish actress
* 1 January 1876
† 6 November 1943 in Stockholm

131. birthday: Carry (Carolina) Lea van Bruggen, geb. de Haan
Dutch writer
* 1 January 1881 in Smilde
† 16 November 1932 in Laren

126. birthday: Marthe Hanau
French
* 1 January 1886 in Paris
† 14 July 1935 in Fresnes (Gefängnis)

126. birthday: Carlotta Stubenrauch
German violinist
* 1 January 1886 in Berlin
† 1973

108. birthday: Rut(h) Landshoff-Yorck
German journalist
* 1 January 1904 in Berlin
† 19 January 1966 in New York

98. birthday: Noor (Nora) Inayat Khan
English
* 1 January 1914 in Kreml im
† 12 September 1944 in Dachau

98. birthday: Edith Picht-Axenfeld
German harpsichordist
* 1 January 1914 in Freiburg/Br.
† 19 April 2001 in Hinterzarten

92. birthday: Johanna Blum
Italian (South Tyrolean) Organist, choral director and music educator from South Tyrol, "Mother of the music schools",afv. hnne. afve. afvi. "
* 1 January 1920 in Bozen
† 8 November 2005 in Bozen

86. birthday: MARIA Frisé, geb. von Loesch
journalist
* 1 January 1926 in Breslau

83. birthday: Cordelia Edvardson
German-Swedish-Israeli writer and journalist
* 1 January 1929 in München

77. birthday: Liliana Poli
Italian singer
* 1 January 1935 in Florenz

75. day of death: Alice Bailly
Swiss painter
* 25 February 1872 in Genf / Geneva
† 1 January 1938 in Lausanne

140. day of death: Susan D. Durant
English
* ca
† 1 January 1873 in Paris

130. day of death: Elizabeth Hawthorne
American writer
* 7 March 1802 in Salem, MA
† 1 January 1883 in Beverly, MA

40. day of death: Eva Clairmont
German singer
* 1880
† 1 January 1973 in Köln / Cologne

20. day of death: Anna Wimschneider
German writer, farmer
* 16 June 1919 in Weng, Gemeinde Postmünster
† 1 January 1993 in Pfarrkirchen

85. day of death: Loïe Fuller
American dancer, actress, entrepreneur, innovator in stage lighting
* 15 January 1862 in Fullersburg, IL
† 1 January 1928 in Paris

35. day of death: Elena Liessner-Blomberg
Russian-German painter
* 31 January 1897 in Moskau
† 1 January 1978 in Berlin

15. day of death: Helen Wills
American
* 6 August 1905 in Centerville / Berkeley, CA
† 1 January 1998 in Carmel, CA

202. day of death: FRANZISKA REICHSGRÄFIN VON Hohenheim
German
* 10 January 1748 in Adelmannsfelden
† 1 January 1811 in Kirchheim unter Teck

168. day of death: Antoinette-Cécile-Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot
French
* 14 December 1784 in Paris
† 1 January 1845 in ebd.

111. day of death: Marie-Anna Löhn-Siegel
German
* 30 November 1830 in Naundorf b. Freiberg (Sachsen)
† 1 January 1902 in Dresden

104. day of death: Mollie E. Moore Davis
American writer
* 12 April 1844 in Ladigo o. White Plains
† 1 January 1909 in New Orleans

93. day of death: Ruzena Svobodová
writer
* 10 July 1868 in Mikulovice b. Znaim
† 1 January 1920 in Prag

73. day of death: Clara-Cécile de Charrière de Sévery

* 30 January 1858 in Lausanne
† 1 January 1940 in ebd.

62. day of death: Käte Hamburg
German teacher
* 8 September 1893 in Berlin
† 1 January 1951 in Gerrads Cross/Großbrit.

53. day of death: Margaret Sullavan
American actress
* 16 May 1909 in Norfolk, VI
† 1 January 1960

51. day of death: Orli Wald-Reichert
German resistance fighter, communist
* 1 July 1914 in Trier
† 1 January 1962 in Hannover-Ilten; psychiatr. Anstalt.

38. day of death: Branka Musulin

* 6 August 1919 in Zagreb
† 1 January 1975 in Schmallenberg, Sauerland

32. day of death: Hephzibah Menuhin
American pianist
* 20 May 1920 in San Francisco
† 1 January 1981 in London

31. day of death: Margot Grahame
English actress
* 20 February 1911 in Canterbury
† 1 January 1982 in London

21. day of death: Grace Hopper
American mathematician, naval officer, computer pioneer
* 9 December 1906 in New York
† 1 January 1992 in Arlington, VA

19. day of death: Marianne Bruns
German writer
* 31 August 1897 in Leipzig
† 1 January 1994 in Dresden

17. day of death: Gertrude Blanch (Gittel Kamovitz)
American mathematician
* 2 February 1897 in Kolno, Polen
† 1 January 1996

8. day of death: Shirley Chisholm
American politician, congresswoman
* 30 November 1924 in Brooklyn
† 1 January 2005 in Ormond Beach, FL

6. day of death: Tillie Olsen
American writer
* 14 January 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska
† 1 January 2007 in Oakland, CA

4. day of death: Helen Suzman
South African politician, fighter against Apartheid
* 7 November 1917 in Germiston, Südafrika
† 1 January 2009 in Johannesburg, Südafrika

3. day of death: Freya Gräfin von Moltke
German resistance fighter
* 29 March 1911 in Köln
† 1 January 2010 in Vermont, USA