Commemoratives of Famous Women for 7 September 2010

150. birthday: (eig. Anna Mary Robertson) Grandma Moses
American painter
* 7 September 1860 in Washington, DC
† 13 December 1961 in Hoosick Falls, NY

125. birthday: Elinor Wylie
American
* 7 September 1885 in Somerville
† 16 December 1928 in New York

110. birthday: Taylor Caldwell
American writer
* 7 September 1900 in Preswick/ Prestwich b. Manchester (Engl.)
† 30 August 1985 in Greenwich, CN

135. birthday: Therese Virnich
German
* 7 September 1875 in Bonn
† 22 January 1934

105. birthday: Ivy Baker Priest
American
* 7 September 1905 in Kimberley
† 23 June 1975 in Santa Monica

85. birthday: Laura Ashley
English fashion desgner, entrepreneur
* 7 September 1925 in Dowlais, South Wales
† 17 September 1985 in Coventry

85. birthday: Erna Wazinski
German
* 7 September 1925 in Ihlow im Brandenburgischen
† 23 November 1944 in Wolfenbüttel

45. birthday: Angela Gheorghiu
singer
* 7 September 1965 in Adjud, Moldawien

477. birthday: Elisabeth I, Königin von England
English queen, writer
* 7 September 1533 in Greenwich
† 24 March 1603 in Richmond

377. birthday: Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg
German poet
* 7 September 1633 in Schloß Seyssenegg bei/near Amstetten, Niederöstr.
† 10 April 1694 in Egidienhof bei/near Nürnberg/Nuremberg

359. birthday: MARGARETHA SUSANNA VON KUNTSCH
German poet
* 7 September 1651 in Schloß Allstedt, Sachsen
† 1716/7 in Eisenach

241. birthday: Karoline Pichler
Austrian
* 7 September 1769 in Wien
† 9 July 1843 in ebd.

203. birthday: Louise Dittmar
German poet; early radical feminist
* 7 September 1807 in Darmstadt
† 11 July 1884 in Darmstadt

199. birthday: Jenny von Gustedt
German writer
* 7 September 1811 in Landhaus Schönfeld bei Kassel
† 29 June 1890 in Gut Lablacken/ Ostpr.

194. birthday: Ernestine von Fricken
German pianist, friend of Robert Schumann
* 7 September 1816 in O.Neuberg-Asch
† 13 November 1844 in Asch, Böhmen

162. birthday: Marie Luplau
Danish
* 7 September 1848 in Hillerod
† 26 August 1925 in Kopenhagen

152. birthday: Alice Chipman Dewey
American teacher
* 7 September 1858 in Fenton, Mich.
† 14 July 1927 in New York

142. birthday: Margo Scharten-Antink
writer
* 7 September 1868 in Zutphen
† 27 November 1957 in Florenz

123. birthday: Dame Edith Sitwell
English writer
* 7 September 1887 in Scarlborough
† 9 December 1964 in London

117. birthday: Hanna Bekker vom Rath
German painter, art collector, art dealer
* 7 September 1893 in Frankfurt am Main
† 1983 in Bad Nauheim

116. birthday: Gala (Dalì bzw. Eluard), eig. Helena Djakonowa
Russian-French muse; wife of Paul Eluard, then Dalì
* 7 September 1894 in Kasan
† 10 June 1982 in Schloss Púbol, Katalonien

109. birthday: Jarmila Glazarova

* 7 September 1901 in Mala Skala
† 20 February 1977 in Prag

107. birthday: Margaret Dorothea Mortenson Landon
American writer
* 7 September 1903 in Somers, WI
† 4 December 1993 in Alexandria, Virginia

93. birthday: Jenny Aloni
writer
* 7 September 1917 in Paderborn
† 30 September 1993 in Ganei Yehuda bei Tel Aviv

76. birthday: Mary Bauermeister
German-American painter
* 7 September 1934 in Frankfurt/M.

73. birthday: Birgit Breuel
German politician, manager
* 7 September 1937 in Hamburg

71. birthday: Christine BERGMANN
German politician
* 7 September 1939 in Dresden

59. birthday: Chrissie Hynde
American rock musician
* 7 September 1951 in Akron, Ohio

44. birthday: Gunda Niemann
German figure skater; librarian
* 7 September 1966 in Sonderhausen

50. day of death: Karen (Tania) Blixen
Danish writer
* 17 April 1885 in Rungsted
† 7 September 1962 in Rungstedlund

205. day of death: Luise von Göchhausen
German
* 13 February 1752 in Eisenach
† 7 September 1807 in Weimar

203. day of death: Caroline von Schlegel-Schelling
German writer
* 2 September 1763 in Göttingen
† 7 September 1809 in Maulbronn

179. day of death: Hannah More
English writer
* 2 February 1745 in Stapleton b. Bristol
† 7 September 1833 in Clifton

113. day of death: Karolina Svetlá
Czech writer
* 24 February 1830 in Prag / Prague
† 7 September 1899 in Prag / Prague

96. day of death: Clara Dorothy Colby
American
* 5 August 1846 in Gloucester, Engl.
† 7 September 1916 in Palo Alto, CA

71. day of death: Sarah Ann Delano Roosevelt
American mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
* 21 September 1854
† 7 September 1941

69. day of death: Mary Karadja
Swedish writer
* 12 March 1868 in Stockholm
† 7 September 1943 in Locarno

62. day of death: Louise Modersohn-Breling
German painter
* 3 March 1883 in München
† 7 September 1950 in Gailenberg oberhalb Hindelang

21. day of death: Jackie Winnow
American
* 28 April 1947
† 7 September 1991