Commemoratives of Famous Women for 7 April 2012

100. birthday: Irene Kohler
English pianist
* 7 April 1912 in London
† 21 March 1996 in London

250. birthday: Tabitha Gilman Tenney
American writer
* 7 April 1762 in Exeter, NH
† 2 May 1837 in Exeter, NH

160. birthday: Melanie von Horsetzky
Austrian
* 7 April 1852 in Wien

90. birthday: Annemarie Schimmel
German specialist in Middle Eastern and oriental studies
* 7 April 1922 in Erfurt
† 25 January 2003 in Bonn

215. birthday: Meta Heusser-Schweizer
Swiss
* 7 April 1797 in Hirzel (Kt. Zürich)
† 2 January 1876 in ebd.

105. birthday: Violette Leduc
French writer
* 7 April 1907 in Arras
† 28 May 1972 in Fauçon

372. birthday: Ludämilia Elisabeth Gräfin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
German poet (hymns)
* 7 April 1640 in Schloß Heidecksburg bei Rudolstadt
† 12 March 1672 in Rudolstadt

349. birthday: Mary de la Riviere Manley
English writer
* 7 April 1663 in Jersey (Kanalinsel)
† 11 July 1724 in London

209. birthday: Flora Tristan
French writer, feminist, socialist
* 7 April 1803 in Saint-Mandé oder Paris
† 14 November 1844 in Bordeaux

169. birthday: Marguerite von Segesser, geb. Gräfin Crivelli

* 7 April 1843 in Luzern
† 26 July 1910 in Bern

157. birthday: Emmy Baumann
German singer
* 7 April 1855 in Erfurt
† 3 February 1925 in Leipzig

143. birthday: Katharina Hammerl
German writer
* 7 April 1869 in Landshut
† 23 March 1908 in Ingolstadt

132. birthday: Elsa Alsen
Polish-American singer
* 7 April 1880 in Obra, Polen
† 31 January 1975 in New York

123. birthday: Gabriela Mistral
Chilean poet, writer, teacher, diplomat
* 7 April 1889 in Vicunia (Elqui), Chile
† 10 January 1957 in Hempstead, NY

122. birthday: Victoria Ocampo
Argentinian writer, feminist, "intellectual ambassador of Argentine"
* 7 April 1890 in San Isidro, Provinz Buenos Aires
† 27 January 1979 in San Isidro, Provinz Buenos Aires

122. birthday: Marjory Stoneman Douglas
American environmentalist, Author
* 7 April 1890 in Minneapolis, MN
† 14 May 1998 in Miami, FL

121. birthday: Martha May Eliot
American pediatrician
* 7 April 1891 in Dorchester, MA
† 14 February 1978 in Cambridge, MA

113. birthday: Maria Fein
Austrian
* 7 April 1899 in Wien
† 1967

108. birthday: Hilde Rubinstein
German writer, painter
* 7 April 1904 in Augsburg
† 1997

97. birthday: Billie Holiday
American singer
* 7 April 1915 in Baltimore, MD
† 17 July 1959 in New York, NY

94. birthday: Ursula Noack
German actress and comedian
* 7 April 1918 in Halle/Saale
† 13 February 1988 in München

93. birthday: Alisa Fuss

* 7 April 1919 in Berlin
† 20 November 1997 in Tel Aviv

175. day of death: Anne Grant

* 21 February 1755 in Glasgow
† 7 April 1838 in Edinburgh

420. day of death: Alice Samuel
English
* 1519
† 7 April 1593

30. day of death: Lotte Cohn
Israeli architect
* 20 August 1893 in Berlin
† 7 April 1983 in Tel Aviv

10. day of death: Jutta Hipp
German Jazz musician, pianist
* 4 February 1925 in Leipzig
† 7 April 2003 in Queens, NY

115. day of death: Constance Wilde
English writer
* 2 January 1858
† 7 April 1898 in Genua

414. day of death: Estrée, Marquise von Monçeau, Herzogin von Beaufort
French mistress of Henri IV. of France
* 1571 in Coeuvres-et-Valsery
† 7 April 1599 in Paris

207. day of death: Adelheid Amalia Fürstin Gallitzin
German
* 28 August 1748 in Berlin
† 7 April 1806 in Münster

149. day of death: Johanne Juliane Schubert
German poet, weaver
* 25 November 1776 in Würgsdorf bei Bolkenhain, Schlesien.
† 7 April 1864 in Würgsdorf bei Bolkenhain, Schlesien.

136. day of death: Fernán Caballero
Spanish writer
* 24 December 1796 in Morges (Schweiz)
† 7 April 1877 in Sevilla

129. day of death: Maria van Ackere-Doolaghe

* 25 October 1803 in Diksmuide
† 7 April 1884 in Kortrijk

122. day of death: Antonina Gräfin Bludowa
Russian
* 25 November 1813 in Stockholm
† 7 April 1891 in Petersburg

77. day of death: Franziska (Fanny) Gröger
Austrian writer
* 12 January 1862 in Znaim (Mähren) (nicht Wien ). A.
† 7 April 1936 in Wien

67. day of death: Anna Neumann
Swiss
* 3 October 1868 in Luzern
† 7 April 1946

62. day of death: Eleanor Tully Gates
American writer
* 26 September 1875 in Shakopee, MN
† 7 April 1951 in Los Angeles, CA

58. day of death: Theda Bara
American actress
* 20 July 1885 in Cincinnati
† 7 April 1955 in Los Angeles, CA

56. day of death: Tami (eig. Marie Wilhelmine) Oelfken
German , teacher
* 25 June 1888 in Blumenthal/Unterweser b. Bremen
† 7 April 1957 in München

47. day of death: Laura (auch Lorly oder Fredy) Thoma
Swiss
* 15 October 1901 in St. Gallen
† 7 April 1966 in Zollikon, ZH

38. day of death: Kate Steinitz
German photographer, painter
* 2 August 1889 in Beuthen, Ober schlesien
† 7 April 1975 in Los Angeles

36. day of death: Elizabeth Daryush
English writer
* 5 December 1887 in London
† 7 April 1977 in Oxford

27. day of death: Valerie von Martens (eig. V. Pajer Edle von Mayersperg)
Austrian actress
* 4 November 1904 in Lienz
† 7 April 1986 in Basel

22. day of death: Ruth Page
American
* 22 March 1899 in Indianapolis
† 7 April 1991 in Chicago, IL