Commemoratives of Famous Women for 21 February 2012

175. birthday: Rosalia de Castro
Spanish poet
* 21 February 1837 in Santiago de Compostela
† 15 July 1885 in Padrón (Prov. La Coruña)

70. birthday: Margarethe von Trotta
German director; actress
* 21 February 1942 in Berlin

115. birthday: FRANZISKA KINZ
Austrian actress
* 21 February 1897 in Kufstein/Tirol
† 25 April 1980 in Meran

85. birthday: Erma Bombeck
American writer, humorist
* 21 February 1927 in Dayton, OH
† 22 April 1996 in San Francisco, CA

257. birthday: Anne Grant

* 21 February 1755 in Glasgow
† 7 April 1838 in Edinburgh

253. birthday: Ludovika Simanowitz
German painter
* 21 February 1759 in Schorndorf
† 2 September 1827 in Ludwigsburg

191. birthday: Elizabeth Rowell Thompson
American
* 21 February 1821 in Lyndon, VT
† 20 July 1899 in Littleton, NH

188. birthday: Eliza Maria (Mother Angela) Gillespie
American
* 21 February 1824 in West Brownsville
† 4 March 1887 in Notre Dame, IN

161. birthday: Mariana Schuyler Van Rensselaer
American
* 21 February 1851 in New York
† 20 January 1934 in ebd.

157. birthday: Alice Freeman Palmer
American
* 21 February 1855 in Colesville
† 6 December 1902 in Paris

152. birthday: Dora (eig. Theodora) Hohlfeld, geb. Tenge, verw. Baronin v. Reitzenstein
German writer
* 21 February 1860 in Gut Niederbarkhausen, Lippe
† 11 February 1931 in Salzburg

132. birthday: Hedwig Reiling
German
* 21 February 1880 in Frankfurt/M.
† 1942 in Piaski, Lublin?

112. birthday: Madeleine Renaud
French actress
* 21 February 1900 in Paris
† 23 September 1994 in Paris - Neuilly-sur-Seine

111. birthday: Margarete Blank
German
* 21 February 1901 in Kiew
† 8 February 1945 in Dresden

109. birthday: Dorothea Neff
Austrian actress
* 21 February 1903 in München
† 27 July 1986 in Wien

109. birthday: Anaïs Nin
American writer
* 21 February 1903 in Neuilly-sur-Seine
† 14 January 1977 in Los Angeles, CA

103. birthday: ELSIE ATTENHOFER, verh. SCHMID
Swiss actress, comedian, author
* 21 February 1909 in Lugano
† 16 June 1999 in Bassersdorf, Kt. Zürich

99. birthday: France Bloch-Sérazin
French resistance fighter
* 21 February 1913 in Paris
† 12 February 1943 in Hamburg

97. birthday: Ann Sheridan
American
* 21 February 1915 in Denton, TX
† 21 January 1967

79. birthday: Nina Simone
American singer
* 21 February 1933 in Tyron /Tryon, NC
† 21 April 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet bei Marseille, Frankreich

76. birthday: Barbara Jordan
American politician; lawyer
* 21 February 1936 in Houston, TX
† 17 January 1996 in Austin, TX

100. day of death: Elise Goebeler
German
* 6 May 1847 in Freienwalde a.O.
† 21 February 1913 in Berlin

70. day of death: Adah B. Samuels Thoms
American
* December 1863?01 in Virginia
† 21 February 1943 in Harlem

105. day of death: Harriet Hosmer
American sculptor
* 9 October 1830 in Watertown, MA
† 21 February 1908 in Watertown, MA

95. day of death: Hedwig Lachmann
German
* 29 August 1865 in Stolp (Pommern)
† 21 February 1918 in Krumbach, Schwaben

65. day of death: Bertha Helene Eckstein-Diener (Ps. Sir Galahad)
Swiss writer
* 18 March 1874 in Wien/Vienna
† 21 February 1948 in Genf/Geneva

35. day of death: Hagar Olsson
writer
* 16 September 1893 in Kustavi
† 21 February 1978 in Helsinki

459. day of death: Sibylle von Sachsen
German electress
* 17 July 1512 in Düsseldorf
† 21 February 1554 in Weimar

438. day of death: Maria Maria von Jever
German sovereign
* 5 September 1500 in Jever
† 21 February 1575 in Jever

162. day of death: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
English writer
* 30 August 1797 in Somerstown
† 21 February 1851 in London

94. day of death: Mary Edwards Walker
American physician, social worker
* 26 November 1832 in Oswego Town, NY
† 21 February 1919 in Oswego Town, NY

84. day of death: Therese Dahn
German writer
* 28 May 1845 in Münster
† 21 February 1929 in Breslau

79. day of death: Selma O. El. von Lengefeld
German suffragist
* 8 July 1863 in Pyritz
† 21 February 1934 in Weimar

77. day of death: Emily Clara Jordan Folger
American literary scholar
* 15 May 1858 in Ironton, Oh.
† 21 February 1936 in Glen Cove

68. day of death: Margaret Dreier Robins
American economist, trade unionist
* 6 September 1868 in Brooklyn
† 21 February 1945 in Chinsegut Hill

51. day of death: Mabel Louise Robinson
American writer
* 19 July 1874 in Waltham, MA
† 21 February 1962

42. day of death: Tilla Durieux
Austrian actress
* 18 August 1880 in Wien
† 21 February 1971 in Berlin

41. day of death: Bronislawa Nijinska
Russian
* 8 January 1891 in Minsk
† 21 February 1972 in Pacific Palisades, CA

41. day of death: Jessie Daniel Ames
American
* 2 November 1883 in Palestine, TX
† 21 February 1972 in Austin

28. day of death: Ina Claire
American actress
* 15 October 1892 in Washington, DC
† 21 February 1985 in San Francisco

22. day of death: Dame Margot Fonteyn
English dancer
* 18 May 1919 in Reigate, Surrey
† 21 February 1991 in Panama-City

14. day of death: Gertrude Belle Elion
American pharmacologist, biochemist, Nobel laureate (1988, medicine)
* 23 January 1918 in New York City
† 21 February 1999 in  

13. day of death: Violet Balestreri Archer
Canadian composer, pianist, music teacher
* 24 April 1913 in Montreal
† 21 February 2000