Commemoratives of Famous Women for 1 October 2010

100. birthday: Ingrid Warburg Spinelli
German philanthropist, resistance fighter
* 1 October 1910 in Hamburg
† 23 October 2000 in Rom

75. birthday: Julie Andrews (eig. Wells)
English actress, singer
* 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

210. birthday: Paolina Leopardi
Italian letter writer; sister of Giacomo Leopardi
* 1 October 1800 in Recanati
† 13 March 1869 in Recanati

70. birthday: Phyllis Chesler
American writer, feminist
* 1 October 1940 in Brooklyn, NY

215. birthday: Margaretta Angelica Peale
American
* 1 October 1795 in Philadelphia
† 17 January 1882 in ebd.

251. birthday: Sally (Sarah) Sayward Barrell Keating Wood

* 1 October 1759 in York, ME
† 6 January 1855 in Kennebunk

191. birthday: Maria Charlesworth
English
* 1 October 1819 in Little Blakenham, Ipswich
† 16 October 1880 in Nutfield, Surrey

172. birthday: Kate Field
American journalist
* 1 October 1838 in St. Louis
† 19 May 1896 in Honolulu

168. birthday: Marie Oesterley
German painter
* 1 October 1842 in Göttingen
† 16 August 1916 in Hannover

166. birthday: Wilhelmina von Hallwyl
Swedish
* 1 October 1844 in Stockholm
† 25 July 1930 in Stockholm

163. birthday: Annie Besant
English theosophist, socialist, womens' rights activist
* 1 October 1847 in London
† 20 September 1933 in Adyar (Indien)

161. birthday: Anne Charlotte Edgren-Leffler
Swedish writer
* 1 October 1849 in Stockholm
† 21 October 1892 in Neapel

149. birthday: Anna Brigadere
writer
* 1 October 1861 in Tervete / Zemgale
† 25 June 1933 in Spridisi / ebd.

144. birthday: Isabelle Kaiser
Swiss writer
* 1 October 1866 in Beckenried / Vierwaldst. See
† 17 February 1925 in Beckenried / Vierwaldst. See

144. birthday: Josephina Therese Zürcher
Swiss physician
* 1 October 1866 in Zürich
† 10 July 1932 in Stuttgart

129. birthday: Else Züblin-Spiller
Swiss
* 1 October 1881 in Seen b. Winterthur
† 11 April 1948 in Zürich

127. birthday: Ella Jonas- Stockhausen
German pianist
* 1 October 1883 in Dortmund

118. birthday: Martha Fuchs
German
* 1 October 1892 in Grubschütz b. Bautzen
† 8 January 1966 in Braunschweig

117. birthday: Justina Hamilton Hill
American bacteriologist
* 1 October 1893 in Washington, DC

117. birthday: Monica (Faith) Baldwin
English writer
* 1 October 1893 in Worcestershire
† 18 March 1978 in Norwalk, CT

117. birthday: Marianne Brandt
German designer
* 1 October 1893 in Chemnitz
† 18 June 1983 in Kirchberg bei Zwickau

113. birthday: Erna Auerbach
German painter, art historian
* 1 October 1897 in Frankfurt/M.
† 23 June 1975 in London

96. birthday: Ingeborg Capra-Teuffenbach
Austrian poet
* 1 October 1914 in Wolfsberg/Kärnten
† 16 September 1992 in Innsbruck

89. birthday: Margaret Hillis
American
* 1 October 1921 in Kokomo, Indien
† 4 February 1998 in Evanston, IL

88. birthday: Inge Merkel
Austrian writer
* 1 October 1922 in Wien
† 15 January 2006 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexiko

84. birthday: Els Oksaar
Estonian-German linguist
* 1 October 1926 in Pernau, Estl.

74. birthday: Lea Rosh
German journalist
* 1 October 1936 in Berlin

57. birthday: Grete Waitz

* 1 October 1953 in Oslo
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20. day of death: Petra Kelly
German politician, pacifist
* 29 November 1947 in Günzburg, Donau/Danube
† 1 October 1992 in bei/near Bonn

10. day of death: Edith Schollwer

* 12 December 1904 in Berlin
† 1 October 2002 in Berlin

65. day of death: Rotraud Richter
German actress
* 15 May 1915 in Berlin
† 1 October 1947 in Berlin

5. day of death: Marianne Fritz
Austrian writer
* 14 December 1948 in Weiz/ Steiermark
† 1 October 2007

314. day of death: Claudine Bouzonnet
French
* 7 July 1636 in Lyon
† 1 October 1698 in Paris

204. day of death: Regina Minotti
Italian singer
* 6 February 1722 in Neapel
† 1 October 1808 in Neuburg/ Donau

179. day of death: Sophie Tieck
German writer; only sister of Ludwig Tieck
* 28 February 1775 in Berlin
† 1 October 1833 in Reval

158. day of death: Anne Newport Royall
American
* 11 June 1769 in Baltimore n.
† 1 October 1854 in Washington, DC

156. day of death: Caterina Bon Brenzoni
Italian poet
* 28 October 1813 in Verona
† 1 October 1856 in ebd.

146. day of death: Maria Susanna Cummins
American writer
* 9 April 1827 in Salem, MA
† 1 October 1866 in Dorchester, MA

101. day of death: Helene von Dönniges, verh. Fürstin Rácowitza
German writer, actress
* 21 March 1843 in Berlin
† 1 October 1911 in München

98. day of death: Kitty Kielland

* 8 October 1843 in Stavanger
† 1 October 1914 in Oslo

93. day of death: Wen Chi-Mei
Chinese; mother of Mao
* 1867
† 1 October 1919

91. day of death: Marie Conrad- Ramlo
German
* 8 September 1850 in München
† 1 October 1921 in ebd.

86. day of death: Karin Valborg Ek

* 17 June 1885 in Stockholm
† 1 October 1926 in Göteborg

33. day of death: Dorothy Arzner
American director, film theorist, writer
* 3 January 1897 in San Francisco, CA
† 1 October 1979 in La Quinta, CA