Commemoratives of Famous Women for 20 March 2012

140. birthday: Karin Michaelis
Danish writer
* 20 March 1872 in Randers/Jütland
† 11 January 1950 in Kopenhagen/Copenhagen

788. birthday: SOPHIE VON THÜRINGEN, Herzogin von Brabant

* 20 March 1224 in Wartburg
† 29 May 1275 in ""

221. birthday: Marie Ellenrieder
German painter
* 20 March 1791 in Konstanz/Constance
† 5 June 1863 in Konstanz/Constance

187. birthday: Cornelia Spencer
American
* 20 March 1825 in Harlem, NY
† 11 March 1908 in Cambridge, MA

181. birthday: Isabel Burton
English traveler, travel writer, biographer
* 20 March 1831 in London
† 22 March 1896 in London

166. birthday: AUGUSTE Bender
German
* 20 March 1846 in Ober schefflenz
† 16 September 1924 in Mosbach

163. birthday: Maria Storer
American
* 20 March 1849 in Cincinnati
† 30 April 1932 in Paris

156. birthday: Ragnhild Christine Thrane
Norwegian painter
* 20 March 1856 in Faberg
† 4 November 1913 in Oslo

151. birthday: Sigrid Arnoldson
Swedish singer (soprano)
* 20 March 1861 in Stockholm
† 7 February 1943 in ebd.

143. birthday: Bertha Züricher
Swiss
* 20 March 1869 in Bern
† 7 October 1949 in ""

133. birthday: Rachel Hawks
American
* 20 March 1879 in Port Deposit
† "" in ""

131. birthday: Madame d'Ora
Austrian photograper
* 20 March 1881 in Wien
† 30 October 1963 in Frohnleiten, Steiermark

124. birthday: Renée Sintenis
German sculptor, graphic artist
* 20 March 1888 in Glatz
† 22 April 1965 in Berlin

107. birthday: Vera Fjodorovna Panova
Russian writer
* 20 March 1905 in Rostov/ Don
† 6 March 1973 in Leningrad

99. birthday: Ilse Losa geb. Lieblich
German-Portuguese writer
* 20 March 1913 in Buer Krs. Osnabrück
† 6 January 2006 in Porto

92. birthday: Pamela Harriman
American
* 20 March 1920 in Farnborough, Hampshire
† 5 February 1997 in Paris

76. birthday: Evelyn Fox Keller
American feminist, historian
* 20 March 1936 in New York, NY

67. birthday: Christiane Edinger
German
* 20 March 1945 in Potsdam

54. birthday: Holly Hunter
American actress
* 20 March 1958 in Atlanta, GA

25. day of death: Jeanne Behrend
American
* 11 May 1911 in Philadelphia
† 20 March 1988 in ebd.

110. day of death: Olive Ann Oatman
American
* 1838 ? in Whiteside County, IL
† 20 March 1903 in Sherman

90. day of death: Louise Charlotta Flodin
Swedish
* 18 September 1828 in Kils socken
† 20 March 1923

155. day of death: Catherine Spalding

* 23 December 1793 in Charles Cty, MD
† 20 March 1858 in Louisville, KY

283. day of death: Adrienne Lecouvreur
French actress
* 5 April 1692 in Damery (Champagne)
† 20 March 1730 in Paris

146. day of death: Sophie Emilie Linder
Swiss
* 11 October 1797 in Basel
† 20 March 1867 in München

109. day of death: Louisa Fanny Pyne
English
* 27 August 1832
† 20 March 1904 in London

104. day of death: Sina Mesdag-van Houten

* 23 December 1834 in Groningen
† 20 March 1909 in den Haag

79. day of death: Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont

* 2 August 1858 in Arolsen
† 20 March 1934 in Den Haag

56. day of death: Edna Woolman Chase
American
* 14 March 1877 in Asbury Park, N.J.
† 20 March 1957 in Sarasota, FL

54. day of death: Therese Schnabel-Behr, geb. Behr
German singer; wife of Arthur Schnabel
* 14 September 1876 in Stuttgart
† 20 March 1959 in Lugano

53. day of death: Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom
American midwife, nurse
* 12 June 1879 in Alton, IL
† 20 March 1960 in Arcadia, CA

41. day of death: Marilyn Maxwell
American actress
* 3 August 1922 in Clarinda, IA
† 20 March 1972 in Beverly Hills, CA

31. day of death: Marietta Sergejewna Schaginjan
Russian writer
* 2 April 1888 in Moskau
† 20 March 1982 in ebd.

29. day of death: Paule Marjorie Watson- Williams Vezelay
English painter
* 14 May 1892 in Clifton
† 20 March 1984 in London

26. day of death: Rita Streich
German singer
* 18 December 1920 in Barnaul, Nowosibirsk/ Sibirien
† 20 March 1987 in Wien

11. day of death: Elizabeth (Queen Mum) Angela Marguerite
English queen mother
* 4 August 1900 in London (in e. Kutsche)
† 20 March 2002 in Windsor, London

9. day of death: Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina Juliana, Königin der Niederlande
Dutch queen (1948-80)
* 30 April 1909 in den Haag
† 20 March 2004 in Soestdijk Palast