Commemoratives of Famous Women for 20 September 2010

125. birthday: Eva Gauthier
singer
* 20 September 1885 in Ottawa
† 27 December 1958 in New York

120. birthday: Kathleen Parlow
Canadian violinist
* 20 September 1890 in Calgary (Al.)
† 19 August 1963 in Oakville (near Toronto)

95. birthday: Ilse Fastenrath
German aviator
* 20 September 1915 in Plettenberg
† 21 April 1998 in Erkrath-Hochdahl

188. birthday: Elizabeth Smith Miller
American reformer
* 20 September 1822 in Hampton
† 22 May 1911 in Geneva

179. birthday: Hedwig Dohm
German pioneer of the women"s movement, writer, feminist satirist and theorist
* 20 September 1831 in Berlin
† 1 June 1919 in Berlin

178. birthday: Marie Wexelsen
Norwegian writer
* 20 September 1832 in Balke
† 7 December 1911 in Trondheim

164. birthday: Agnes Tyrell
Czech-English singer
* 20 September 1846 in Brünn
† 18 April 1883 in ebd.

157. birthday: Henrikke, gen. Dikken Zwilgmeyer
Norwegian writer
* 20 September 1853 in Trondheim
† 28 February 1913 in ebd.

149. birthday: ALICE DE CHAMBRIER
Swiss
* 20 September 1861 in Neuenburg
† 20 December 1882 in ebd.

137. birthday: Lulu von Strauß und Torney
German writer
* 20 September 1873 in Bückeburg
† 19 June 1956 in Jena

132. birthday: Emilie Augusta Louise (Lizzi) Lind af Hageby
Swedish writer, animal rights activist, feminist
* 20 September 1878 in Jönköping
† 26 December 1963 in ""

131. birthday: Cateau Van Den Hoeven

* 20 September 1879 in Amsterdam

127. birthday: Maria Gabriella Baers
Belgian
* 20 September 1883 in Antwerpen
† 30 December 1959 in Brüssel

127. birthday: Ruth Frances Woodsmall
American leader of the YWCA
* 20 September 1883 in Atlanta
† 25 May 1963 in New York City

124. birthday: Elizabeth Kenny
Australian nurse, philanthropist
* 20 September 1886 in Warialda
† 30 November 1952 in Toowoomba

122. birthday: Sue Sophia Dauser
American superintendent of the Navy-Nurse-Corps
* 20 September 1888 in Anaheim
† 11 March 1972

114. birthday: Alix Rohde-Liebenau
German
* 20 September 1896 in Petersburg
† 23 June 1982 in Berlin

108. birthday: Stevie Smith
English
* 20 September 1902 in Hull
† 7 March 1971 in Ashburton

108. birthday: Eunice Gabbi Weaver
Brasilian social worker
* 20 September 1902 in Sao Paolo
† 9 December 1969 in ""

76. birthday: Sophia Loren
Italian actress
* 20 September 1934 in Rom

72. birthday: Inge von Bönninghausen

* 20 September 1938

53. birthday: Sabine Christiansen
German
* 20 September 1957 in Preetz

150. day of death: Dorothea Trudel
Swiss
* 27 October 1813 in Hombrechtikon, ZH
† 20 September 1862 in Männedorf, ZH

40. day of death: Dorothy Katherine Wright Liebes
American
* 14 October 1897 in Guerneville, CA
† 20 September 1972 in New York

10. day of death: Joan Littlewood
English theatre director
* 5 October 1914 in London
† 20 September 2002 in Paris

298. day of death: Anna Waser
Swiss painter
* 16 October 1678 in Zürich/Zurich
† 20 September 1714 in Zürich/Zurich

214. day of death: Anna Perinet
Austrian
* 1769 in Wien
† 20 September 1798 in ebd.

142. day of death: Amalie, Prinzessin zu Schleswig- Holstein- Sonderburg- Augustenburg
German writer
* 9 January 1813 in Leipzig
† 20 September 1870 in Dresden

92. day of death: Fia Wille
German interior decorator
* 24 May 1868 in Bentheim
† 20 September 1920 in Hannover

79. day of death: Annie Besant
English theosophist, socialist, womens' rights activist
* 1 October 1847 in London
† 20 September 1933 in Adyar (Indien)

72. day of death: Anna Elisabeth Högström-Löfberg
Swedish writer
* 10 February 1894 in Göteborg
† 20 September 1940 in Stockholm

72. day of death: Hilde Ephraim
German resistance fighter; social worker
* 1 April 1905
† 20 September 1940

52. day of death: Ida Lvovna Rubinstein
Russian dancer, actress
* 5 October 1888 in (Petersburg?) Charkow
† 20 September 1960 in Vence

42. day of death: Frieda Matthäi-Mitscherlich
German sculptor
* 6 April 1880 in Berlin
† 20 September 1970 in Mexico City

33. day of death: Doris Maase
German
* 4 March 1911 in Briesen, Mark Brandenburg
† 20 September 1979 in Dorfen, Bayern

17. day of death: Emmy Albus
German
* 13 December 1911 in Wuppertal
† 20 September 1995 in Berlin

14. day of death: Florence Griffith Joyner
American sprinter
* 21 December 1959 in Los Angeles, CA
† 20 September 1998 in Mission Viejo, CA

13. day of death: Raissa Gorbatschowa
Russian First Lady, sociologist
* 5 January 1932 in Titorenko, Sibirien
† 20 September 1999 in Münster (Krebsklinik)