Commemoratives of Famous Women for 19 February 2012

110. birthday: Kay Boyle
American writer
* 19 February 1902 in St. Paul, MN
† 27 December 1992 in Mill Valley, CA

60. birthday: Amy Tan
American writer
* 19 February 1952 in Oakland, CA
† Ê in  

145. birthday: Annie Nathan Meyer
American
* 19 February 1867 in New York
† 23 September 1951 in ebd.

135. birthday: Gabriele Münter
German painter, graphic artist
* 19 February 1877 in Berlin
† 19 May 1962 in Murnau

95. birthday: Carson McCullers
American writer
* 19 February 1917 in Columbus, GA
† 29 September 1967 in Nyack, NY

281. birthday: Catharina Elisabeth Goethe, geb. Textor (Frau Aja; Frau Rat)
German mother of Goethe
* 19 February 1731 in Frankfurt/M.
† 13 September 1808 in Frankfurt/M.

231. birthday: Charlotte-Louise Gräfin von Boigne
French
* 19 February 1781 in Versailles
† 10 May 1866 in Paris

188. birthday: Nanny vom Hof
German writer
* 19 February 1824 in Hombressen bei Hofgeismar, Hessen
† 26 March 1896 in ebd.

182. birthday: Sara Agnes Rice Pryor
American writer
* 19 February 1830 in Halifax County, Va.
† 15 February 1912 in New York

171. birthday: Elfrida Andrée
Swedish composer
* 19 February 1841 in Visby
† 11 January 1929 in Göteborg

153. birthday: Louise Ahrweiler

* 19 February 1859 in Herford
† 9 March 1897 in München

138. birthday: Margarete Hamel, geb. Schubert (Ps. Ilse Hamel. Ilse Waltraun)
German writer
* 19 February 1874 in Hildesheim
† November 1943 in Berlin

134. birthday: Harriet Bosse
Swedish
* 19 February 1878 in Oslo (Kristiania)
† 2 November 1961 in Oslo

122. birthday: FANNY Wibmer-Pedit
Austrian writer
* 19 February 1890 in Innsbruck
† 27 October 1967 in Lienz/ Ost-Tirol

122. birthday: Elisabeth Busse-Wilson
German writer
* 19 February 1890 in Frauensee, Thür.
† 6 November 1974 in Bad Godesberg

121. birthday: Romola Nijinsky
Russian dancer
* 19 February 1891 in Budapest
† 8 June 1978 in Paris

117. birthday: ERNA BLAAS
Austrian writer
* 19 February 1895 in Kirchdorf/ Krems
† 1990

104. birthday: Meta Grube
German
* 19 February 1908 in Cuxhaven?
† 18 January 1988 in Cuxhaven

101. birthday: Merle Oberon
English actress
* 19 February 1911 in Bombay o. Tasmanien
† 23 November 1979 in Malibu, CA o. Los Angeles

99. birthday: Lucielle Browning
American singer
* 19 February 1913 in Jacksonville
† 8 August 2011

98. birthday: Feodora (Dolly) Schmidt
German aviator
* 19 February 1914 in Breslau
† 30 November 1997 in Bad Soden

71. birthday: Cass(andra) Elliot
American
* 19 February 1941 in Baltimore
† 29 July 1974 in London

26. birthday: Marta Vieira da Silva
Brasilian soccer player
* 19 February 1986 in Dois Riachos

25. day of death: Isabel Bishop
American painter
* 3 March 1902 in Cincinnati, OH
† 19 February 1988 in New York City

120. day of death: Anna Ella Carroll
American
* 29 August 1815 in Kingston Hall, My.
† 19 February 1893 in Washington, DC

90. day of death: Katherine Pearson Woods
American
* 28 January 1853 in Wheeling
† 19 February 1923 in Baltimore

208. day of death: Anna Barbara von Stetten
German
* 23 September 1754 in Augsburg
† 19 February 1805 in Augsburg

207. day of death: Elizabeth Carter
English poet, linguist, literary scholar
* 16 December 1717 in Deal
† 19 February 1806 in London

162. day of death: Elizabeth Elkins Sanders
American
* 12 August 1762 in Salem
† 19 February 1851 in ebd.

112. day of death: EMILIE HEINRICHS, Ps. E. v. Linden
German writer
* 1 March 1823 in Schlesig
† 19 February 1901 in Braunschweig

84. day of death: Helene Stökl
Austrian writer
* 18 March 1845 in Brandenburg a.H.
† 19 February 1929 in Wien

63. day of death: Edyth Walker
American
* 27 March 1870 in New York
† 19 February 1950 in ebd.

31. day of death: Dame Margery F. Perham
English
* 6 September 1895 in Bury
† 19 February 1982 in Burcot

27. day of death: Dorothea Olavia Wieck
German actress
* 3 January 1908 in Davos
† 19 February 1986 in Berlin

17. day of death: Dorothy Maynor
American singer
* 3 September 1910 in Norfolk, VA
† 19 February 1996 in West Chester, PA