Commemoratives of Famous Women for 10 April 2012

175. birthday: Josephine Strauss, geb. Pschorr
German mother of Richard Strauss
* 10 April 1837
† 16 May 1910

125. birthday: Anna von Segesser
Swiss
* 10 April 1887 in Luzern
† 29 January 1973

75. birthday: Bella Achmadulina
Russian writer
* 10 April 1937 in Moskau

80. birthday: Delphine Seyrig
French actress
* 10 April 1932 in Beirut
† 15 October 1990 in Paris

145. birthday: Maria Thymann
Danish painter
* 10 April 1867 in Kopenhagen
† 4 September 1928 in ebd.

105. birthday: Louise Rösler
German painter
* 10 April 1907
† 26 June 1993 in Hamburg, Klinik

229. birthday: Hortense de Beauharnais
French painter, composer; mother of Napoleon III
* 10 April 1783 in Paris
† 5 October 1837 in Arenenberg, Schwz.

219. birthday: Emilie Lachaud de Loqueyssie

* 10 April 1793 in Dresden
† 18 November 1863 in Paris

207. birthday: Louisa Twining
English graphic artist, writer
* 10 April 1805
† 24 December 1889

206. birthday: Juliette Drouet
French
* 10 April 1806 in Fougeres
† 11 May 1883 in Paris

202. birthday: MARIE DENKER (eig. HAHN)

* 10 April 1810 in Nienstedt.en
† 29 March 1882 in München

187. birthday: Anna Elisabeth Kelly
Swiss painter
* 10 April 1825 in St. Gallen
† 1 May 1890 in ebd.

177. birthday: Ellen Moulton
American writer
* 10 April 1835 in Pomfret, CN
† 10 August 1908 in Boston

162. birthday: Fanny Lily Gipsy Davenport
American actress
* 10 April 1850 in London
† 26 September 1898 in South Suxbury

143. birthday: Signe Bergman

* 10 April 1869

137. birthday: Margaret Sutermeister
American
* 10 April 1875 in Milton, MA
† 30 May 1950 in ebd.

136. birthday: Martha Tracy
American physician
* 10 April 1876 in Plainfield, N.J.
† 22 March 1942 in Philadelphia

132. birthday: Frances Perkins
American politician; secretary of labor 1933-45
* 10 April 1880 in Boston
† 14 May 1965 in New York

128. birthday: Stephanie Lazarski
Polish
* 10 April 1884 in Warschau

124. birthday: Elisabeth Thommen
Swiss writer
* 10 April 1888 in Waldenburg (Kt. Baselland)
† 24 June 1960 in Zürich

109. birthday: Clare Boothe-Luce
American writer, playwright, diplomat
* 10 April 1903 in New York
† 9 October 1987 in Washington, DC

107. birthday: Annemarie von Matt
Swiss
* 10 April 1905 in Luzern, Root b.
† 27 November 1967

98. birthday: Lili Hahn
German-American diarist, journalist; Holocaust survivor
* 10 April 1914 in Frankfurt/Main.
† nach 1979

89. birthday: Anne Sayre
American writer
* 10 April 1923 in Milwaukee, WI
† 13 March 1998 in Bridgewater, NJ

82. birthday: Dolores Huerta
American union leader
* 10 April 1930 in Dawson,NM

58. birthday: Sabine Postel
German actress
* 10 April 1954 in Neustadt am Rübenberge

75. day of death: Maria Maud Leonard McCreery
American feminist, socialist
* 24 February 1883 in Cedarburg, Wis.
† 10 April 1938 in Milwaukee

130. day of death: Emilie Mayer
German composer
* 14 May 1821 in Friedland/ Mecklenburg
† 10 April 1883 in Berlin

80. day of death: Albertine Steenhoff- Smulders

* 2 November 1871 in Rotterdam
† 10 April 1933 in Baarn

438. day of death: Anna Bijns
Dutch poet
* 5 March 1493 in Antwerpen / Antwerp
† 10 April 1575 in Antwerpen / Antwerp

319. day of death: 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

206. day of death: Anna Amalia, Herzogin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
German regent, composer, salon hostess, matron (patron) of the arts
* 24 October 1739 in Wolfenbüttel
† 10 April 1807 in Weimar

158. day of death: Marie Leopoldine Pachler-Koschak
Austrian
* 2 October 1792 in Graz
† 10 April 1855 in ebd.

93. day of death: Hilda Kerfstedt
Swedish writer
* 5 June 1835 in Eskilstuna
† 10 April 1920 in ""

89. day of death: Auguste Hauschner
German
* 12 February 1850 in Prag
† 10 April 1924 in Berlin

74. day of death: Agnes Lagerstedt
Swedish
* 14 July 1850 in Askersund
† 10 April 1939 in Stockholm

62. day of death: Nora Joyce
Irish wife of James Joyce
* 21 March 1884 in Galway, Irland
† 10 April 1951

54. day of death: Anna Maria Frederika Björkman
Swedish writer; teacher
* 7 July 1888 in Hammenhög
† 10 April 1959

48. day of death: Linda Darnell
American actress
* 16 October 1921 in Dallas
† 10 April 1965 in Chicago, IL

42. day of death: Mentona Moser
Swiss social worker
* 19 October 1874 in Badenweiler/ Schwarzwald
† 10 April 1971 in Berlin, DDR

39. day of death: Helene Matthies
German
* 20 May 1890 in Braunschweig
† 10 April 1974 in Braunschweig

26. day of death: Birgit Dressel
German athlete
* 4 May 1960 in Bremen
† 10 April 1987 in Mainz

26. day of death: Berta Drews
German actress, mother of Götz and wife of Heinrich George
* 19 November 1901 in Berlin
† 10 April 1987 in Berlin

24. day of death: Anny Tollens
German politician
* 3 December 1911 in Hildesheim
† 10 April 1989 in Hamburg

18. day of death: Anja Ignatius
French violinist
* 2 July 1911 in Tamerfors
† 10 April 1995 in ""

18. day of death: Annie Fischer
Hungarian pianist
* 5 July 1914 in Budapest
† 10 April 1995 in Budapest

9. day of death: Marita Napier
South African soccer player
* 16 February 1939 in Johannesburg
† 10 April 2004 in Kapstadt (Südafrika)

3. day of death: Anna Walentynowicz
Polish labor organizer; founder of Solidarnosc
* 15 August 1929
† 10 April 2010 in Smolensk, Russland