Commemoratives of Famous Women for 1 September 2010

100. birthday: Edda Ciano

* 1 September 1910 in Forli
† 9 April 1995 in Rom

195. birthday: Emma Stebbins
American
* 1 September 1815 in New York
† 24 October 1882 in ebd.

115. birthday: Hertha Sponer
German physicist
* 1 September 1895 in Neisse
† 27 February 1968 in Ilten bei/near Hannover

246. birthday: Johanna Jacoba Borski-van de Velde
Dutch entrepreneur
* 1 September 1764 in Amsterdam
† 18 April 1846 in Amsterdam

221. birthday: Marguerite Countess of Blessington
Anglo-Irish writer, beauty, salon hostess
* 1 September 1789 in Knockbrit
† 4 June 1849 in Paris

219. birthday: Lydia Sigourney
American writer
* 1 September 1791 in Norwich, CT
† 10 June 1865 in Hartford, CT

206. birthday: Mariana Pineda
Spanish
* 1 September 1804 in Granada
† 26 May 1831 in ebd.

197. birthday: Mary Grew
American abolitionist and suffragist
* 1 September 1813 in Hartford
† 10 October 1896 in Philadelphia

147. birthday: Augusta Charlotte Cornelie Rossmann
Belgian painter
* 1 September 1863 in Gent
† 1945

137. birthday: Felicija Bortkeviciene-Povickaite

* 1 September 1873 in Gut Linkauciai
† 1945 in Litauen

136. birthday: GERTRUD BÜRGERS-LAURENZ
German painter
* 1 September 1874 in Hannover
† 10 June 1936 in Dachau

128. birthday: Sara Bard Field
American suffragist; poet
* 1 September 1882 in Cincinnati
† 15 June 1974 in Berkeley

121. birthday: Ina Conradi
German writer
* 1 September 1889 in Salzwedel
† 15 July 1956 in Hannover

109. birthday: Karla Höcker
German writer, musician
* 1 September 1901 in Berlin
† 15 January 1992 in Berlin

104. birthday: Eleanor Burford Hibbert (Ps. Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr)
English writer
* 1 September 1906 in London
† 8 January 1993 in Mittelmeer (Kreuzfahrt)

102. birthday: Irene Ottilie Galloway
American officer
* 1 September 1908 in ""

96. birthday: Annemarie Selinko

* 1 September 1914 in Wien
† 28 July 1986 in Kopenhagen

88. birthday: Yvonne de Carlo
Canadian actress
* 1 September 1922 in Vancouver
† 8 January 2007 in Los Angeles

77. birthday: Ann Richards
American politician (D); governor of Texas (1990-5)
* 1 September 1933 in Lakeview, TX
† 13 September 2006 in Houston, TX

71. birthday: Lily Tomlin
American
* 1 September 1939 in Detroit

69. birthday: Julia Varady
German-Rumanian singer (soprano)
* 1 September 1941 in Oradea / Großwardein

52. birthday: Dagmar Manzel
German actress
* 1 September 1958 in Berlin

25. day of death: Maria Veronika Rubatscher
Austrian writer
* 23 January 1900 in Innsbruck, Hall bei
† 1 September 1987 in Brixen

80. day of death: Irene Abendroth
Austrian singer
* 14 July 1872 in Lemberg
† 1 September 1932 in Wien, Weidling b.

35. day of death: Ethel Waters
American
* 31 October 1896 in Chester, Pa.
† 1 September 1977 in Chatsworth, CA

137. day of death: Frances Ann Denny Drake
American actress
* 6 November 1797 in Schenectady, N.Y.
† 1 September 1875 in Louisville b.

102. day of death: Bessie (Elizabeth) Palmer
English singer
* 9 August 1831 in London
† 1 September 1910 in ebd.

96. day of death: Charlotte Bates
American
* 30 October 1838 in New York
† 1 September 1916 in ebd.

78. day of death: Fanny Davies
English pianist
* 27 June 1861 in Guernsey
† 1 September 1934 in London

72. day of death: Lillian D. Wald
American social reformer, physician, nurse
* 10 March 1867 in Cincinnati
† 1 September 1940 in Westport

69. day of death: Lizzie Susan Stebbing
English
* 2 December 1885 in Wimbledon b. London
† 1 September 1943 in Tintagel

61. day of death: Nellie McClung
Canadian writer, feminist
* 20 October 1873 in Chatsworth, Ontario
† 1 September 1951 in Victoria, British Columbia

57. day of death: Klara Hofer
German writer
* 13 May 1875 in Bromberg
† 1 September 1955 in Neumarkt i. d. Opf.

42. day of death: Agnes Elisabeth Meyer
American
* 2 January 1887 in New York
† 1 September 1970 in Seven Springs

33. day of death: Doris Kenyon
American actress
* 5 September 1897 in Syracuse, NY
† 1 September 1979 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA

23. day of death: Marlies Kutsch
German feminist politician (SPD)
*
† 1 September 1989

1. day of death: Rosel Zech
German actress
* 7 July 1942 in Berlin-Charlottenburg
† 1 September 2011 in Berlin