Commemoratives of Famous Women for 10 September 2010

50. birthday: Alison Bechdel
American cartoonist; writer
* 10 September 1960 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

125. birthday: Dora Gräfin Pejacevic
Croatian composer
* 10 September 1885 in Bukarest
† 5 March 1923 in München

120. birthday: Elsa Schiaparelli
French fashion designer
* 10 September 1890 in Rom/Rome
† 13 November 1973 in Paris

155. birthday: DORA Schlatter
Swiss
* 10 September 1855 in St. Gallen
† 24 April 1915 in ebd.

372. birthday: Maria Theresia, gen. Maria von Österreich
French queen; wife of Louis XIV. of France
* 10 September 1638 in Madrid
† 30 July 1683 in Versailles

252. birthday: Hannah Webster Foster
American writer
* 10 September 1758 in Boston
† 17 April 1840 in Montreal

182. birthday: Pauline Schanz
German writer, translator
* 10 September 1828 in Leipzig
† 18 April 1913 in Berlin

158. birthday: Alice Brown Davis

* 10 September 1852 in Indian Territory n. Park Hill
† 21 June 1935 in Wewoka

157. birthday: Gertrud Virginia Adelborg

* 10 September 1853 in Karlskrona
† 25 January 1942 in Gagnef/Dalarna

133. birthday: Georgia Douglas Johnson
American writer
* 10 September 1877 in Atlanta
† 14 May 1966 in Washington, DC

129. birthday: M. B. Kennicott
German
* 10 September 1881 in Schloß Tusainen/ Ostpr.
† 23 February 1940 in Tübingen, medizinische Klinik

127. birthday: Mabel Vernon
American feminist, pacifist
* 10 September 1883 in Wilmington, DE
† 2 September 1975 in Washington, DC

124. birthday: Hilda Doolittle (H. D.)
American poet, essayist
* 10 September 1886 in Bethlehem, PA
† 27 September 1961 in Zürich bzw. Küsnacht

112. birthday: Adele Marie Astaire
American
* 10 September 1898 in Omaha
† 25 January 1981 in Phoenix

112. birthday: Bessie Love
American actress
* 10 September 1898 in Midland, TX
† 27 April 1986 in London

88. birthday: Yma Sumac
American singer
* 10 September 1922 in Ichocan (Peru)
† 1 November 2008 in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, Kalifornien

71. birthday: Elisabeth Chojnacka

* 10 September 1939 in Warschau

48. birthday: Tanja Langer
German writer
* 10 September 1962 in Wiesbaden

40. day of death: Berta Gerstein
American actress
* 20 August 1896 in Krakau
† 10 September 1972 in New York

215. day of death: Mary Wollstonecraft
English pioneer of the women"s movement, writer
* 27 April 1759 in Hoxtont/ London
† 10 September 1797 in Hoxtont/ London

35. day of death: Elisabeth Schmitz
German resistance fighter
* 23 August 1893 in Hanau
† 10 September 1977 in Offenbach am Main

5. day of death: Anita Roddick
English entrepreneur
* 23 October 1942 in Little Hampton, West Sussex
† 10 September 2007 in St Richard"s hospital, Chichester

421. day of death: Lorenza Strozzi
Italian
* 6 March 1514 in Capalle (Florenz)
† 10 September 1591 in S. Nicola di Prato

343. day of death: Henriette Marie Henriette Marie von Frankreich
French-English queen
* 25 November 1609 in Paris
† 10 September 1669 in Schloß Colombe

263. day of death: Emilie du Châtelet
French
* 17 December 1706 in Paris
† 10 September 1749 in Luneville

114. day of death: Elisabeth Kaiserin von Österreich (Sissi, Sisi)
Austrian empress; eccentric
* 24 December 1837 in München/Munich
† 10 September 1898 in Genf/Geneva

93. day of death: Helena Mathilda Munktell
Swedish
* 24 November 1852 in Gryksbo b. Falun
† 10 September 1919 in Stockholm

83. day of death: Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot
American writer and social worker; mother of T.S. Eliot
* 22 October 1843 in Baltimore
† 10 September 1929 in Cambridge

78. day of death: Charlotte Emma Mannheimer
Swedish writer
* 5 April 1866 in London
† 10 September 1934 in Skagen

57. day of death: LuisePolitikerin (konservativ) Rist, geb. Freyler
German politician
* 28 February 1877 in Rottweil
† 10 September 1955 in ""

52. day of death: Edith Nourse Rogers
American
* 19 March 1881 in Saco, ME
† 10 September 1960 in Boston

44. day of death: Erna Mohr
German
* 11 July 1894 in Hamburg
† 10 September 1968 in ebd.

41. day of death: Irmgard Kiepenheuer
German publisher, entrepreneur
* 3 July 1887 in Bremen
† 10 September 1971

41. day of death: Pier Angeli (=Anna Maria Pierangeli)
Italian actress
* 19 June 1932 in Cagliari, Sardinien
† 10 September 1971 in Beverly Hills, CA

29. day of death: Norah Lofts
American writer
* 27 August 1904 in Norfolk (Engl.)
† 10 September 1983 in Bury St. Edmunds

24. day of death: Virginia Satir
American psychologist; pioneer of family therapy
* 26 June 1916 in Wisconsin
† 10 September 1988 in Kalifornien

18. day of death: Maria Teresa di Lascia
Italian politician, writer
* 3 January 1954 in Rocchetta Sant'Antonio (Apulien, Italien)
† 10 September 1994 in Rom / Rome