Commemoratives of Famous Women for 1 March 2012

100. birthday: Olga Nikolajewa Anstei
Russian writer
* 1 March 1912 in Kiew
† 30 May 1985 in New York City

140. birthday: Bertha Haven Putnam
American
* 1 March 1872 in New York
† 26 February 1960 in South Hadley

195. birthday: Louise de Broglie, Comtesse d'Haussonville
French
* 1 March 1817
† 21 April 1882

115. birthday: Ise Gropius, geb. Frank
German-American journalist, 2nd wife of Walter Gropius
* 1 March 1897 in Wiesbaden
† 9 June 1987 in Lexington, MA

95. birthday: Fadwa Tukan / Tuqan
Palestinian poet
* 1 March 1917 in Nablus
† 12 December 2003 in Nablus

329. birthday: Karoline / Caroline Karoline von England (Karoline von Brandenburg-Ansbach)
English regent; wife of King George II.
* 1 March 1683 in Ansbach
† 20 November 1737 in London

252. birthday: Katharina Jaquet, geb. Adamberger

* 1 March 1760 in Graz
† 30 January 1786 in Wien

211. birthday: Henriette Davidis
German writer
* 1 March 1801 in Wengern bei/near Wetter, Ruhr/ Westf.
† 3 April 1876 in Dortmund

196. birthday: Elizabeth Koning

* 1 March 1816 in Haarlem
† 18 March 1888 in Rotterdam

189. birthday: EMILIE HEINRICHS, Ps. E. v. Linden
German writer
* 1 March 1823 in Schlesig
† 19 February 1901 in Braunschweig

187. birthday: Gertrud Leupi
Swiss
* 1 March 1825 in Wikon
† 26 March 1904

178. birthday: Charlotte Wolter
German actress
* 1 March 1834 in Köln
† 14 June 1897 in Wien

168. birthday: Lilian Stevens
American
* 1 March 1844 in Dover
† 6 April 1914 in Portland

164. birthday: Charlotte Ida Popert
German
* 1 March 1848 in Hamburg
† 1912 nach

157. birthday: Meta von Salis-Marschlins
Swiss writer
* 1 March 1855 in Schloß Marschlins (Graub.)
† 15 March 1929 in Basel

152. birthday: Regine (Regina) Deutsch, geb. Lion
German politician, writer, feminist
* 1 March 1860 in Berlin

149. birthday: Katherine Elizabeth Dopp
American writer
* 1 March 1863 in Belmont, WI
† 14 May 1944 in Chicago

144. birthday: Sophie Gräfin Chotek
Austrian
* 1 March 1868 in Stuttgart
† 28 June 1914 in Sarajewo

106. birthday: Camilla Spira
German actress
* 1 March 1906 in Hamburg
† 25 August 1997 in Berlin

99. birthday: Jiang Qing, (Tschiang Tsching; Chiang Ch'ing)
Chinese politician; wife of Mao Zedong
* 1 March 1913 in Zhucheng /Shantung
† 14 May 1991 in Shandong (Schantung) / Peking

76. birthday: Luc Jochimsen
German journalist
* 1 March 1936

76. birthday: Ursula Gräfin von Brockdorf
German
* 1 March 1936
† 13 April 1989

72. birthday: Nuala O'Faolain
Irish writer, journalist, columnist, feminist
* 1 March 1940 in Dublin
† 9 May 2008 in Dublin

54. birthday: Katerina Jacob

* 1 March 1958 in München / Munich
† "" in ""

160. day of death: Therese Luise von Droste-Hülshoff
German
* 7 May 1772
† 1 March 1853

106. day of death: Rachel Harriette Busk
English
* 1831 in London
† 1 March 1907 in ebd.

87. day of death: Marietta Holley
American
* 16 July 1836 in Ellisburg
† 1 March 1926 in Pierrepont Manor

86. day of death: Clara Hampson Ueland

* 10 October 1860 in Akron, Ohio
† 1 March 1927 in Minneapolis

57. day of death: Henriette Renié
French
* 18 September 1875 in Hamburg
† 1 March 1956 in Paris

44. day of death: Blanche Ames
American artist, feminist
* 18 February 1878 in Lowell, MA
† 1 March 1969 in Borderland

43. day of death: Franziska Baumgarten
Swiss
* 26 November 1883 in Lodz, Polen
† 1 March 1970 in ""

41. day of death: Violet Trefusis
English writer
* 6 June 1894
† 1 March 1972

34. day of death: Ilse Schunke
German
* 30 December 1892 in Dresden
† 1 March 1979 in Dresden

34. day of death: Dolores Costello
American actress
* 27 June 1905 in Pittsburgh
† 1 March 1979 in California

32. day of death: Consuelo Rubio
Spanish singer
* 15 March 1927 in Madrid
† 1 March 1981 in ebd.

7. day of death: ANNETTE VON ARETIN (eig. MARIE ADELHAID KLEIN, geb. FREIIN VON ARETIN)
German TV personality
* 23 May 1920 in Bamberg
† 1 March 2006 in München