Commemoratives of Famous Women for 5 January 2012

250. birthday: Constanze Mozart
Austrian wife of W.A. Mozart
* 5 January 1762 in Zell im Wiesental, Schwarzwald
† 6 March 1842 in Salzburg

110. birthday: Stella Gibbons
English writer
* 5 January 1902 in London
† 19 December 1989 in ebd.

80. birthday: Raissa Gorbatschowa
Russian First Lady, sociologist
* 5 January 1932 in Titorenko, Sibirien
† 20 September 1999 in Münster (Krebsklinik)

115. birthday: Waltraud Nicolas
German writer
* 5 January 1897 in Barkhausen/Wittlage
† 21 October 1962 in Bad Godesberg

65. birthday: Kathrine (Kathy) Switzer
American marathon runner
* 5 January 1947 in Amberg

289. birthday: Nicole-Reine Lepaute
French mathematician
* 5 January 1723 in Paris
† 6 December 1788 in Saint-Cloud

177. birthday: Olympia Brown
American feminist, pastor
* 5 January 1835 in Prairie Ronde, Kalamazoo County, Mich.
† 23 October 1926 in Baltimore

143. birthday: Matilda Sissieretta Jones
American
* 5 January 1869 in Portsmouth, Va.
† 24 June 1933 in Providence

142. birthday: Friede(rike) Kraze
German writer
* 5 January 1870 in Krotoschin, Posen
† 16 May 1936 in Eisenach

123. birthday: Maria Reese
German politician
* 5 January 1889 in Michelbach, Eifel
† 9 October 1958 in Zell, Mosel

112. birthday: Paula Ludwig
Austrian
* 5 January 1900 in Altenstadt/ Feldkirch (Vorarlberg)
† 27 January 1974 in Darmstadt

108. birthday: Erica Morini

* 5 January 1904 in Wien
† 1 November 1996 in New York

106. birthday: Kathleen Kenyon
English
* 5 January 1906 in London
† 24 August 1978 in Erbistock

77. birthday: Furugh Farrochsad
Iranian writer, film director
* 5 January 1935 in Teheran
† 14 February 1967 in Teheran

72. birthday: Christine Wodetzky
German actress
* 5 January 1940 in Leipzig
† 6 December 2004 in Berlin

66. birthday: Diane Keaton
American
* 5 January 1946 in Los Angeles, CA

64. birthday: Herrad Schenk
German writer
* 5 January 1948 in Detmold

175. day of death: Maria Cecilia Louisa Cosway, geb. Hadfield
American painter; lover of Thomas Jefferson
* 11 June 1760 in Florenz o. Livorno
† 5 January 1838 in Lodi

220. day of death: Elizabeth Griffith
English
* 1 October 1727? in Glamorganshire
† 5 January 1793 in Millicent

65. day of death: Mary Scott Harrison
American
* 30 April 1858 in Honesdale, Pa.
† 5 January 1948 in New York City

424. day of death: Katharina Katharina von Medici
French queen, regent
* 13 April 1519 in Florenz/Florence
† 5 January 1589 in Blois

339. day of death: Ebba Brahe
Swedish lady-in-waiting; entrepreneur
* 16 March 1596 in Lerjeholm
† 5 January 1674 in Stockholm

251. day of death: Elisabeth Petrowna / Petrovna
Russian Tsarina
* 28 December 1709 in Kolomenskoje/ Moskau
† 5 January 1762 in Petersburg

217. day of death: Anna Barbara Reinhart
Swiss mathematician
* 12 July 1730 in Winterthur
† 5 January 1796 in ebd.

122. day of death: Emma Abbott
American singer (soprano)
* 9 December 1850 in Chicago
† 5 January 1891 in Salt Lake City

92. day of death: Frieda Duensing
German
* 26 June 1864 in Diepholz
† 5 January 1921 in München

76. day of death: Hedwig Kettler
German women"s rights activist
* 19 September 1851 in Harburg bei Hamburg
† 5 January 1937 in Berlin

74. day of death: Margaret Angela Haley
American
* 15 November 1861 in Joliet, Ill.
† 5 January 1939 in Chicago

71. day of death: Tina Modotti
Italian photographer, revolutionary
* 16 August 1896 in Udine
† 5 January 1942 in Mexico-City

68. day of death: Luise Rieke
German resistance fighter
* 18 August 1913 in Osnabrück
† 5 January 1945 in Dortmund

59. day of death: Tony (eigtl. Antonie oder Antoinette) Werntgen
German pioneer of aviation
* 25 April 1875 in Duisburg
† 5 January 1954 in Johannisberg (Rheingau)

58. day of death: Gertrud Eysoldt
German actress
* 30 November 1870 in Pirna
† 5 January 1955 in Ohlstadt b./n. Murnau (Landkr. Garmisch-P.)

57. day of death: Mistinguett
French actress, dancer
* 5 April 1875 in Enghien-les-Bains b./n. Paris
† 5 January 1956 in Bourgival b./n. Paris

48. day of death: Françoise Spira
French actress
* 7 December 1928 in Paris
† 5 January 1965 in ebd.

26. day of death: Margaret Laurence
writer
* 18 July 1926 in Neepawa, Manitoba
† 5 January 1987 in Lakefield, Ontario

16. day of death: Casey Miller
American
* 26 February 1919 in Toledo, OH
† 5 January 1997 in East Haddam, CN

12. day of death: G. E. M. (Gertrude) Elizabeth (Margaret) Anscombe
English philosopher
* 18 March 1919
† 5 January 2001 in Cambridge

1. day of death: Eve Arnold
American photograper
* 21 April 1912 in Philadelphia, PA
† 5 January 2012 in London