Commemoratives of Famous Women for 18 February 2012

90. birthday: Helen Gurley Brown
American journalist
* 18 February 1922 in Green Forest, AR

70. birthday: Ama Ata (Christina) Aidoo
Ghanaian writer
* 18 February 1942 in Abeadzi Kyiakor b. Dominase, Ghana

145. birthday: Hedwig Courths-Mahler
German writer
* 18 February 1867 in Nebra, Thüringen
† 26 November 1950 in Rottach-Egern/ Oberbayern

638. birthday: Hedwig/Jadwiga von Polen

* 18 February 1374 in Buda, Ungarn
† 17 July 1399 in Krakau

496. birthday: Maria I. Tudor, die Katholische oder die Blutige
English queen
* 18 February 1516 in Greenwich
† 17 November 1558 in London

199. birthday: Harriet Farley
American writer,abolitionist
* 18 February 1813 in Claremont
† 12 November 1907 in New York

161. birthday: Ida Husted Harper
American
* 18 February 1851 in Fairfield, IN
† 14 March 1931 in Washington, DC

157. birthday: Marie Stritt
German feminist, reciter
* 18 February 1855 in Schässburg/ Siebenbürgen
† 16 September 1928 in Dresden

147. birthday: Marie Jahn
German singer
* 18 February 1865 in Wien
† 26 October 1943 in Hannover

144. birthday: Sophie Haemmerli-Marti
Swiss writer
* 18 February 1868 in Othmarsingen (Kt. Aargau)
† 19 April 1942 in Zürich

138. birthday: Molly Dewson
American politician; social reformer, feminist
* 18 February 1874 in Quincy
† 21 October 1962 in Castine

134. birthday: Blanche Ames
American artist, feminist
* 18 February 1878 in Lowell, MA
† 1 March 1969 in Borderland

131. birthday: Ida Roland
Austrian actress
* 18 February 1881 in Wien
† 27 March 1951 in Gstaad

123. birthday: Birleanna Blanks
American blues singer
* 18 February 1889 in Iowa 
† 12 August 1968 in New York

107. birthday: Petronele Orintaite-Januta
Latvian writer
* 18 February 1905 in Lieplaukiai
† 16 December 1999 in Los Angeles, CA

84. birthday: Eeva Kilpi
Finnish writer
* 18 February 1928 in Hiitola

81. birthday: Toni Morrison
American writer, Nobel laureate
* 18 February 1931 in Lorain, OH

79. birthday: Yoko Ono
Japanese-American artist, widow of John Lennon
* 18 February 1933 in Tokio

78. birthday: Audre Lorde
American writer
* 18 February 1934 in New York City
† 17 November 1992 in Christiansted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, Karibik / Caribbean

74. birthday: ELKE ERB
German writer
* 18 February 1938 in Scherbach/ Eifel

72. birthday: Anna Oppermann
German painter
* 18 February 1940 in Eutin
† 8 March 1993 in Celle

455. day of death: Eleonore Eleonore, Königin von Portugal und Frankreich

* 15 November 1498 in Brüssel
† 18 February 1558 in Badajoz bei

206. day of death: Sophie von La Roche
German writer
* 6 December 1730 in Kaufbeuren
† 18 February 1807 in Offenbach/M.

151. day of death: Amalie Struve
German revolutionary, writer
* 2 October 1824 in Mannheim
† 18 February 1862 in Long Island, USA

137. day of death: Charlotte Cushman
American actress, singer
* 23 July 1816 in Boston, MA
† 18 February 1876 in Boston, MA

128. day of death: Charlotte Sainton-Dolby
English
* 17 May 1821 in London
† 18 February 1885 in ebd.

111. day of death: Emilie Fontane
German letter writer, wife of Theodor Fontane
* 14 November 1824 in Dresden
† 18 February 1902 in Berlin

82. day of death: Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie
Austrian writer
* 14 August 1864 in Weißkirchen/Banat (ung.)
† 18 February 1931 in Wien

69. day of death: Héloise Margarete von Beaulieu
German writer
* 4 May 1870 in Erfurt
† 18 February 1944 in Hannover

68. day of death: Wilhelmine Kurfürst
German politician, legislator
* 23 August 1892 in Bordesholm
† 18 February 1945 in Schleswig

56. day of death: Adele Schreiber-Krieger
German
* 29 April 1872 in Wien
† 18 February 1957 in Zürich- Herrliberg

37. day of death: Alma Holgersen
Austrian writer
* 27 April 1899 in Innsbruck
† 18 February 1976 in Innsbruck

31. day of death: Ngaio Marsh
English writer
* 23 April 1899 in Christchurch, Neuseeland
† 18 February 1982 in Christchurch, Neuseeland

19. day of death: Ilse Essers
German engineer
* 24 September 1898 in München
† 18 February 1994 in Aachen