Commemoratives of Famous Women for 11 January 2012

100. birthday: Ella Barowsky
German politician
* 11 January 1912 in Berlin-Charlottenburg
† 25 September 2007 in Berlin

120. birthday: Valeska Gert
German dancer
* 11 January 1892 in Berlin
† 15 March 1978 in Kampen/ Sylt

45. birthday: Katharina Hacker
German writer
* 11 January 1967 in Frankfurt/M.

35. birthday: Anni Friesinger
German athlete; speed skater
* 11 January 1977

259. birthday: Charlotte Buff-Kestner
German friend of Goethe; model of Werther"s Lotte
* 11 January 1753 in Wetzlar
† 16 January 1828 in Hannover

211. birthday: Caroline Kirkland
American writer
* 11 January 1801 in New York City
† 6 April 1864 in ebd.

146. birthday: Margaret McLachlan
English
* 11 January 1866 in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Schottland 
† 23 August 1953 in im Kloster, Stanbrook, Worcestershire, England

127. birthday: Alice Paul
American lawyer, founder of the National Women's Party; feminist
* 11 January 1885 in Moorestown, NJ
† 9 July 1977 in Moorestown, NJ

124. birthday: ELISABETH AMANN, geb. VOLKART
Swiss writer
* 11 January 1888 in Winterthur
† 22 January 1966 in Kilchberg (ZH)

118. birthday: Gertrud Bindernagel
German singer
* 11 January 1894 in Berlin o. Magdeburg
† 23 October 1932 in Berlin

114. birthday: Luisa Bertana
singer
* 11 January 1898 in Buenos Aires
† 27 July 1933 in Buenos Aires

113. birthday: Eva Le Gallienne
American actress, director, translator
* 11 January 1899 in London
† 3 June 1991 in Weston, CN

112. birthday: Lotte LANG
Austrian actress
* 11 January 1900 in Wien / Vienna
† 13 February 1985 in Wien / Vienna

111. birthday: Sulamith Wülfing
German
* 11 January 1901 in Wuppertal- Elberfeld

103. birthday: Sara (Iglesias) de Ibáñez

* 11 January 1909 in Chamberlain b. Paso de los Toros
† 14 April 1971 in Montevideo

83. birthday: Wanda Wilkomirska
Polish
* 11 January 1929 in Warschau

76. birthday: Eva Hesse
American sculptor
* 11 January 1936 in Hamburg
† 29 May 1970 in New York, NY

67. birthday: Christine Kaufmann
German actress
* 11 January 1945 in Lengdorf, Steiermark

64. birthday: Helga Anders
German actress
* 11 January 1948 in Innsbruck
† 30 March 1986 in München-Haar

49. birthday: Tracy Caulkins
American swimmer
* 11 January 1963 in Winona, MN

47. birthday: Joely Richardson
English actress
* 11 January 1965

50. day of death: Martha Hale Shackford
American writer
* 25 August 1875 in Dover, NH
† 11 January 1963 in Wellesley, MA

125. day of death: Vilma / Irma von Voggenhuber

* 17 July 1841 in Pest
† 11 January 1888 in Berlin

25. day of death: Florence Knapp
American
* 10 October 1873
† 11 January 1988 in Philadelphia

130. day of death: Jenny Marx, verh. Longuet
German socialist; eldest daughter of Jenny and Karl Marx
* 1 May 1844
† 11 January 1883

110. day of death: Helen Blackburn

* 25 May 1842 in Kingstown
† 11 January 1903 in London

145. day of death: Maria von Mörl
South Tyrolean stigmatized
* 15 October 1812 in Kaltern, Südtirol/Italien
† 11 January 1868 in Kaltern, Südtirol/Italien

166. day of death: Karoline von Wolzogen
German writer
* 3 February 1763 in Rudolstadt
† 11 January 1847 in Jena

128. day of death: Anna Helga De la Brache
Swedish
* 6 September 1817 in Stockholm
† 11 January 1885

98. day of death: Katherine Coman
American socual scientist and historian
* 23 November 1857 in Newark
† 11 January 1915 in Wellesley

84. day of death: Elfrida Andrée
Swedish composer
* 19 February 1841 in Visby
† 11 January 1929 in Göteborg

83. day of death: Angela Nikoletti
South Tyrolian (Italian) "catacombs teacher" of German during Fascism
* 31 May 1905 in Margreid an der Weinstraße, Südtirol/Italien
† 11 January 1930 in Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße, Südtirol/Italien

78. day of death: Michaela von Kodolitsch
Austrian
* 5 August 1875 in Graz
† 11 January 1935 in ebd.

78. day of death: Marcella Sembrich
Polish singer
* 15 February 1858 in Wisniewczyk
† 11 January 1935 in New York

68. day of death: Ada Negri
Italian poet
* 3 February 1870 in Lodi
† 11 January 1945 in Mailand

63. day of death: Karin Michaelis
Danish writer
* 20 March 1872 in Randers/Jütland
† 11 January 1950 in Kopenhagen/Copenhagen

52. day of death: Elena Gerhardt
German singer
* 11 November 1883 in Leipzig
† 11 January 1961 in London

42. day of death: Irene Rice Pereira
American painter
* 5 August 1902 in Chelsea, MA
† 11 January 1971 in Marbella, Spanien

42. day of death: Irene Scharrer
English pianist
* 2 February 1888 in London
† 11 January 1971 in London

38. day of death: Roma Bahn
German actress
* 30 October 1896 in Berlin
† 11 January 1975 in Bonn

33. day of death: Barbara Pym
English writer
* 6 June 1913 in Oswestry/Shropshire
† 11 January 1980 in Oxford

32. day of death: Youra Guller

* 16 May 1895 in Marseille
† 11 January 1981 in Paris

16. day of death: Helen Foster Snow
American
* 21 September 1907
† 11 January 1997

14. day of death: Naomi Margaret Mitchison, geb. Haldane
Scottish writer
* 1 November 1897 in Edinburg
† 11 January 1999 in Carradale b. Campbeltown, Schottland

3. day of death: Miep Gies
Dutch helper of Anne Frank, author
* 15 February 1909 in Wien
† 11 January 2010 in Horn, Friesland (?)