Commemoratives of Famous Women for 8 July 2012

100. birthday: Christel Goltz
German singer
* 8 July 1912 in Dortmund
† 14 November 2008 in Baden bei Wien

110. birthday: Gwendolyn B. Bennett
American writer
* 8 July 1902 in Giddings, TX
† 30 May 1981 in Reading County Hospital, Kutztown, PA

145. birthday: Käthe Kollwitz, geb. Schmidt
German graphic artist, sculptor
* 8 July 1867 in Königsberg
† 22 April 1945 in Moritzburg/ Dresden

419. birthday: Artemisia Gentileschi
Italian painter
* 8 July 1593 in Rom/Rome
† 1652 in Neapel/Naples

391. birthday: Leonora Christina
Danish writer
* 8 July 1621 in Frederiksborg
† 16 March 1698 in Maribo

264. birthday: Johanna Christiane Hölderlin
German mother of Friedrich Hölderlin
* 8 July 1748 in Frauenzimmern, Württ.
† 17 February 1828 in Nürtingen,  Bad-Württ.

202. birthday: Johanna Kinkel
German composer, writer, pianist
* 8 July 1810 in Bonn
† 15 November 1858 in London

154. birthday: Luise Westkirch
German writer
* 8 July 1858 in Amsterdam
† 11 July 1941 in München

149. birthday: Selma O. El. von Lengefeld
German suffragist
* 8 July 1863 in Pyritz
† 21 February 1934 in Weimar

142. birthday: Maria Christina van Zeggelen
writer
* 8 July 1870 in den Haag
† 15 July 1957 in Huizen

118. birthday: Gertrud Staewen
German resistance fighter
* 8 July 1894 in Bremen
† 10 June 1987 in ""

113. birthday: Audrey I. Richards
English
* 8 July 1899 in London, Eng.
† 29 June 1984 in near Midhurst, West Sussex

111. birthday: Sophia Kleegman
American
* 8 July 1901 in New York
† 26 September 1971 in ebd.

109. birthday: Hilde von Stolz
German actress
* 8 July 1903 in Klausenburg (Siebenbürgen/ ab 1918 zu Rumänien)
† 16 December 1973 in Berlin

102. birthday: Luise Hoffmann
German aviator
* 8 July 1910 in Gelsenkirchen
† 27 November 1935 in Horn bei Wien

99. birthday: Helma Veerbek-Cardauns
German writer
* 8 July 1913 in Bonn
† 21 March 2004 in Bonn

86. birthday: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Swiss-American physician, psychotherapist, author, thanatologist.
* 8 July 1926 in Meilen b. Zürich
† 24 August 2004 in Scottsdale, AZ

83. birthday: Shirley Ann Grau
American writer
* 8 July 1929 in New Orleans, LA

82. birthday: E.M. (Esther Masserman) Broner
American writer
* 8 July 1930 in Detroit, MI

67. birthday: Micheline Calmy-Rey
Swiss politician; president
* 8 July 1945 in Chemignon

61. birthday: Anjelica Huston
American actress
* 8 July 1951 in Los Angeles, CA

59. birthday: Anna Quindlen
American writer, journalist
* 8 July 1953 in Philadelphia

396. day of death: Leonora Galigai

* 19 May 1568 in Florenz
† 8 July 1617 in Paris

154. day of death: Charlotte Heidenreich-von Siebold
German midwife, obstetrician
* 12 September 1788 in Heiligenstadt
† 8 July 1859 in Darmstadt

143. day of death: Zofia Szymanowska
Polish
* 1825 in Otwock
† 8 July 1870 in Miloslaw

74. day of death: Anna Pappritz
German writer and suffragist
* 9 May 1861 in Rittergut Radach (Brandenburg)
† 8 July 1939 in Radach

72. day of death: Agnes Straub
German
* 2 April 1890 in München
† 8 July 1941 in Berlin

69. day of death: Marianne Cohn
French resistance fighter
* 17 September 1922 in Mannheim
† 8 July 1944 in Annemasse?

62. day of death: Eva Klemperer
German resistance fighter; pianist; wife of Viktor Klemperer
* 12 July 1882 in Königsberg
† 8 July 1951 in Döltzschen bei Dresden

57. day of death: Yolanda Oreamuno
writer
* 8 April 1916 in San José
† 8 July 1956 in Mexico City

56. day of death: Grace Coolidge
American
* 3 January 1879 in Burlington, Vt.
† 8 July 1957 in Northampton

46. day of death: Vivien Leigh (eig. Hartley)
English actress
* 5 November 1913 in Darjeeling (Indien/India)
† 8 July 1967 in London

29. day of death: Rita Bumi-Papa

* 28 December 1905 in Syros
† 8 July 1984 in Athen

26. day of death: Hannelore Schroth
German actress
* 10 January 1922 in Berlin
† 8 July 1987 in München

17. day of death: Adelheid Duvanel
Swiss writer
* 23 April 1936 in Basel
† 8 July 1996 in Basel

7. day of death: June Allyson (eig. Ella Geisman)
American actress, singer, dancer, philanthropist
* 7 October 1917 in Lucerne, NY
† 8 July 2006 in Ojai, CA

2. day of death: Betty Ford
American First Lady (1974-77)
* 8 August 1918 in Chicago, IL
† 8 July 2011 in Rancho Mirage, Calif.