Commemoratives of Famous Women for 5 March 2012

160. birthday: Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory
Irish writer, philanthropist
* 5 March 1852 in Roxborough, Cty Galway
† 23 May 1932 in Cort

120. birthday: Josephine Herbst
American writer, journalist
* 5 March 1892 in Sioux City, IO
† 28 January 1969 in New York City

115. birthday: Gunta Stölzl
German graphic artist, weaver
* 5 March 1897 in München
† 22 April 1983 in Zürich / Zurich

115. birthday: Meiling Song, verh. Chiang Kai-shek

* 5 March 1897 in Schanghai
† 23 October 2003

105. birthday: Rosemarie Clausen
German photographer
* 5 March 1907 in Groß-Ziethen bei Berlin
† 9 January 1990 in Hamburg

519. birthday: Anna Bijns
Dutch poet
* 5 March 1493 in Antwerpen / Antwerp
† 10 April 1575 in Antwerpen / Antwerp

202. birthday: Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow
German kindergarden pioneer
* 5 March 1810 in Küblingen b. Braunschweig
† 9 January 1893 in Dresden

199. birthday: AUGUSTE ADAMI
German actress and singer
* 5 March 1813 in Berlin
† 3 February 1886 in ebd.

193. birthday: Anna Cora Mowatt (Ritchie)
American
* 5 March 1819 in Bordeaux (Fr.)
† 21 July 1870 in Tickerham (Engl.)

188. birthday: Lucy Larcom
American
* 5 March 1824 in Beverly, MA
† 17 April 1893 in Boston, MA

172. birthday: Constance Fenimore Woolson
American writer
* 5 March 1840 in Claremont, NH
† 24 January 1894 in Venedig

153. birthday: Ella Mensch

* 5 March 1859 in Lübben
† 5 May 1935 in Berlin

141. birthday: Rosa Luxemburg
German revolutionary, politician, socialist theorist, economist
* 5 March 1871 in Zamosc bei/near Lublin, (Russisch-)Polen/Poland
† 15 January 1919 in Berlin

116. birthday: Lotte H. Eisner
German journalist; film historian
* 5 March 1896 in Berlin
† 25 November 1983 in Paris

114. birthday: Antonie Möbis, geb. Schmidt
German resistance fighter, politician
* 5 March 1898 in Spremberg, Nieder lausitz
† 16 August 1976 in Hamburg

107. birthday: Brigitte Bermann Fischer

* 5 March 1905 in Berlin-Grunewald
† 28 May 1991 in Toskana

61. birthday: Galina Gorelova
belarussian composer
* 5 March 1951 in Minsk

50. day of death: Patsy Cline
American country singer
* 8 September 1932 in Winchester, VA
† 5 March 1963 in bei/near Camden, TN

90. day of death: Dora Gräfin Pejacevic
Croatian composer
* 10 September 1885 in Bukarest
† 5 March 1923 in München

305. day of death: Madeleine Richer

* 1668 um
† 5 March 1708 in Angers (begr.)

165. day of death: Véronique Delphine Couturier
French model of Flaubert"s Madam Bovary
* 17 February 1822 in Ry, unweit von Rouen
† 5 March 1848 in Ry an der Lieurre

287. day of death: HENRIETTE KATHARINA VON GERSDORF
German
* 6 October 1648 in Sulzbach, Thür.
† 5 March 1726 in Großheenersdorf, Niederlausitz

184. day of death: THERESE VON STERNBACH
German
* 20 May 1775
† 5 March 1829 in Rizol/ Mühlau

164. day of death: Mary Mason Lyon
American pedagogue; founder of Mount Holyoke College
* 28 February 1797 in Buckland, MA
† 5 March 1849 in Mt. Holyoke

143. day of death: Regine Jolberg
German kindergarden pioneer
* 30 June 1800 in Frankfurt/M.
† 5 March 1870 in Nonnenweier

137. day of death: Marie Gräfin d' Agoult
French writer
* 31 December 1805 in Frankfurt/M.
† 5 March 1876 in Paris

122. day of death: Minna von Mädler
German writer
* 15 October 1807 in Hannover
† 5 March 1891 in Hannover

89. day of death: Emma Payne Erskine
American writer
* 10 May 1854 in Racine
† 5 March 1924 in Tryon

73. day of death: Maxine Elliott
American actress
* 5 February 1868 in Rockland, Maine
† 5 March 1940 in frz. Riviera (Begr. in Cannes)

68. day of death: Luise Reuss-Belce
Austrian singer
* 24 October 1863 in Wien
† 5 March 1945 in Aichach b. Augsburg

58. day of death: Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu

* 8 December 1876 in Ivesti/Tecuci, Rumänien
† 5 March 1955 in Bukarest

47. day of death: Anna Achmatowa
Russian poet
* 23 June 1889 in bei/near Odessa
† 5 March 1966 in Domodedowo, Moskau/Moscow

34. day of death: Dore Jacobs geb. Marcus
German
* 27 June 1894 in Essen
† 5 March 1979 in Essen

33. day of death: Winifred Wagner
English-German director of the Bayreuth Festival 1930-1944
* 23 June 1897 in Hastings
† 5 March 1980 in Überlingen

27. day of death: Franziska Clausen
Danish
* 7 January 1899 in Apenrade
† 5 March 1986

26. day of death: Erna Pinner
German painter, graphic designer, writer
* 27 January 1893 in Frankfurt/M.
† 5 March 1987 in London

23. day of death: Erni Kniepert
Austrian
* 3 October 1911 in Reichenau an d. Rax
† 5 March 1990 in Wien

21. day of death: Karin Hardt
German actress
* 28 April 1910 in Hamburg
† 5 March 1992 in Hamburg