Commemoratives of Famous Women for 11 December 2011

100. birthday: Klara Zale
Latvian poet
* 11 December 1911 in Livland
† "" in ""

110. birthday: Maria Koppenhöfer
German actress
* 11 December 1901 in Stuttgart
† 29 November 1948 in Heidelberg

205. birthday: Johanna Goldschmidt, geb. Schwabe
German kindergarden pioneer
* 11 December 1806 in Bremerlehe bei Hannover
† 10 October 1884 in Hamburg

135. birthday: Ada Louise Comstock
American
* 11 December 1876 in Moorhead, MN
† 12 December 1973 in New Haven

283. birthday: Christiane Büsching, geb. Dilthey
German poet
* 11 December 1728 in Köthen, Anhalt
† 22 April 1777 in Berlin

231. birthday: Amalie Wolff
German actress
* 11 December 1780 in Leipzig
† 18 August 1851 in Berlin

204. birthday: Luise von Bornstedt
German writer
* 11 December 1807 in Potsdam, Kronen- Teltow bei
† 3 September 1870 in Bad Oeynhausen, Bad Rehme b.

162. birthday: Ellen Key
Swedish writer
* 11 December 1849 in Sundsholm
† 25 April 1926 in Strand b. Alvastra

148. birthday: Annie Jump Cannon
American astronomer
* 11 December 1863 in Dover, DE
† 13 April 1941 in Cambridge

147. birthday: Adele Aus der Ohe
German pianist, composer
* 11 December 1864 in Hannover
† 7 December 1937 in Berlin

142. birthday: Annie Louise Brown Leslie
American
* 11 December 1869 in Perry, ME
† 7 October 1948 in Detroit

118. birthday: Marguerite Loosli-Usteri
Swiss
* 11 December 1893 in Zürich

116. birthday: Ruth Fischer, eig. Elfriede Golke, geb. Eisler
German politician; resistance fighter
* 11 December 1895 in Leipzig
† 13 March 1961 in Paris

114. birthday: Friederike ("Frieda") Nadig
German politician
* 11 December 1897 in Herford
† 14 August 1970 in Herford

108. birthday: Rigmor Andersen
Danish
* 11 December 1903 in Aarhus

101. birthday: Helen Kreis Wallenda
German-American high-wire circus artist
* 11 December 1910
† 9 May 1996 in Sarasota

91. birthday: Elena Garro
Mexican writer
* 11 December 1920 in Puebla Stadt
† 22 August 1998 in Cuernavaca

89. birthday: Grace Paley
American writer
* 11 December 1922 in New York
† 22 August 2007 in Thetford Hill, Vermont

72. birthday: Inger Wikstrom

* 11 December 1939 in Stockholm

61. birthday: Christina Onassis
Greek heiress, entrepreneur, ship owner
* 11 December 1950 in New York
† 19 November 1988 in Tortuguitas b. Buenos Aires

59. birthday: Susan Seidelman
American director
* 11 December 1952 in Philadelphia

150. day of death: Anne Hall
American miniaturist
* 26 May 1792 in Pomfret, CT
† 11 December 1863 in New York City

90. day of death: Katarina (Kata) Dalström
Swedish
* 18 December 1858 in Emtöholm
† 11 December 1923 in Stockholm

20. day of death: Dorothea Zeemann
Austrian writer
* 20 April 1909 in Wien/Vienna
† 11 December 1993 in Wien/Vienna

345. day of death: Marie Therese de Gorla Du Parc
French actress
* 1635 ca
† 11 December 1668 in Paris

273. day of death: Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann
German poet
* 15 January 1711 in Erfurt
† 11 December 1740 in Arnstadt b.

196. day of death: Maria Gräfin Walewska
Polish
* 7 December 1786 in Brodno
† 11 December 1817 in Paris

122. day of death: Hedwig von Olfers
German
* 11 May 1799 in Königsberg
† 11 December 1891 in Berlin

96. day of death: HEDWIG Arendt, geb. GIMMER
German actress
* 4 October 1856 in Breslau
† 11 December 1917 in Berlin

93. day of death: Olive Schreiner
English-South African writer, feminist, economist
* 24 March 1855 in Witteberger Mission, Basutoland/Südafrika
† 11 December 1920 in Wynbergen bei Kapstadt

71. day of death: Séraphine Louis
French painter, cleaning woman
* 2 September 1864 in Arsy (Oise)
† 11 December 1942 in Clermont-de-l'Oise

58. day of death: Amy Loveman
American writer, editor
* 16 May 1881 in New York
† 11 December 1955 in New York

57. day of death: Steffi Geyer
Swiss violinist
* 23 June 1888 in Budapest
† 11 December 1956 in Zürich

49. day of death: Alma Mahler-Werfel
Austrian composer, wife of Mahler, Gropius, Werfel
* 31 August 1879 in Wien/Vienna
† 11 December 1964 in New York, NY

49. day of death: Cilette Ofaire
Swiss writer, painter, captain
* 13 January 1891 in Couvet, NE
† 11 December 1964 in Sanary-sur-mer

33. day of death: Viktoria Luise Viktoria Luise, Herzogin von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
German philanthropist; only daughter of emperor Wilhelm II. and empress Auguste Viktoria
* 13 September 1892 in Potsdam
† 11 December 1980 in Braunschweig, Beisetzung in Hannover

26. day of death: Rose Frölich
German politician; socialist
* 27 May 1888 in Witten
† 11 December 1987 in Frankfurt

17. day of death: Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, eigtl Vogel
French resistance fighter; communist
* 3 November 1912 in Paris
† 11 December 1996 in Paris