Commemoratives of Famous Women for 19 May 2012

200. birthday: Lady Elizabeth Charlotte Guest
Welsh writer, entrepreneur, collector
* 19 May 1812 in Uffington House
† 15 January 1895 in Canford Manor

140. birthday: Rosina Storchio
Italian singer
* 19 May 1872 in Mantua
† 24 July 1945 in Mailand

110. birthday: Monette Moore
American
* 19 May 1902
† 21 October 1962

70. birthday: Alexandra (Doris Nefedov)
German
* 19 May 1942 in Heydekrug, Memel
† 31 July 1969 in Tellingstedt bei Heide, Holstein

155. birthday: Clara von Rappard
Swiss painter
* 19 May 1857 in Wabern b. Bern
† 12 January 1912 in Bern

155. birthday: Margaret Bush-Brown
American
* 19 May 1857 in Philadelphia
† 1944 in Ambler b. Philadelphia

444. birthday: Leonora Galigai

* 19 May 1568 in Florenz
† 8 July 1617 in Paris

241. birthday: Rahel Varnhagen
German writer, salon hostess
* 19 May 1771 in Berlin
† 7 March 1833 in Berlin

212. birthday: Sarah Miriam Peale
American painter
* 19 May 1800 in Philadelphia
† 4 February 1885 in ebd.

173. birthday: Alice Mary Smith

* 19 May 1839 in London
† 4 December 1884 in ebd.

151. birthday: Nellie Melba
Australian singer
* 19 May 1861 in Burnley b. Melbourne
† 23 February 1931 in Sydney

133. birthday: Lady Nancy Witcher Astor
English-American politician, social reformer
* 19 May 1879 in Danville, Virginia
† 2 May 1964 in Schloß Grimsthorpe

83. birthday: Hannelore Fuchs
German
* 19 May 1929

82. birthday: Lorraine Hansberry
American playwright, civil rights reormer
* 19 May 1930 in Chicago, IL
† 12 January 1965 in Chicago, IL

79. birthday: Elena Poniatowska
Mexican writer, journalist
* 19 May 1933 in Paris

76. birthday: Jayne Cortez
American poet
* 19 May 1936 in Arizona

50. day of death: Margarethe Matzenauer
Hungarian-Austrian singer (alto)
* 1 June 1881 in Temesvar
† 19 May 1963 in Van Nuys, CA

165. day of death: Milly Francis
American
* 1802 ? in Alabama
† 19 May 1848 in Muskogee n., Okla.

15. day of death: Dorothy Donegan
American jazz pianist
* 6 April 1922 in Chicago, IL
† 19 May 1998 in Los Angeles, CA

477. day of death: Anne Boleyn
English singer, composer, lutist. 2nd wife of Henry VIII; mother of Elizabeth I. of England
* 1501? in Blickling, Norfolk?
† 19 May 1536 in London

386. day of death: Katharina Henoth
German
* 1597 ca
† 19 May 1627 in Köln

136. day of death: Hedvig Charlotta Djurström
Swedish actress
* 14 May 1807 in Kalmar
† 19 May 1877 in Norrköping

119. day of death: Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer
American writer and publisher
* 10 December 1812 in Newton, MA
† 19 May 1894 in Somerville n.

117. day of death: Kate Field
American journalist
* 1 October 1838 in St. Louis
† 19 May 1896 in Honolulu

89. day of death: Bernarda Bütler
Swiss
* 28 May 1848 in Auw/ Aargau
† 19 May 1924 in Cartagena

81. day of death: Karoline Anna Stunz
German
* 30 August 1870 in Frankfurt
† 19 May 1932 in Frankfurt

71. day of death: Nini Roll Anker
Norwegian writer
* 3 May 1873 in Molde
† 19 May 1942 in Asker

54. day of death: Margarete Teschemacher
German singer
* 3 March 1903 in Köln
† 19 May 1959 in Tegernsee

54. day of death: Maria Ducia
Austrian politician, social democrat, feminist
* 25 April 1875 in Innsbruck
† 19 May 1959 in Innsbruck

51. day of death: Gabriele Münter
German painter, graphic artist
* 19 February 1877 in Berlin
† 19 May 1962 in Murnau

48. day of death: Marja Dabrowska, geb. Szumska
Polish writer
* 6 October 1889 in Rusow
† 19 May 1965 in Warschau

37. day of death: Jeanette Wolff
German
* 22 June 1888 in Bocholt
† 19 May 1976 in Berlin

28. day of death: Toni Lander
Danish
* 19 June 1931 in Gentofte
† 19 May 1985 in Salt Lake City

28. day of death: Lina SCHWEIZER

* 22 September 1896 in Zimmerwald
† 19 May 1985 in ""

26. day of death: Alice Sheldon (James Tiptree)
American writer
* 24 August 1915 in Chicago, IL
† 19 May 1987 in Maclean, Virginia

19. day of death: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
American First Lady (1961-3
* 28 July 1929 in Southampton
† 19 May 1994 in New York

12. day of death: Eliza Hansen
Romanian-German piano teacher, pianist, harpsichordist
* 31 May 1909 in Bukarest
† 19 May 2001 in Hamburg?