Commemoratives of Famous Women for 21 December 2011

145. birthday: Maud Gonne

* 21 December 1866 in Tongham, Surrey
† 27 April 1953 in Dublin

269. birthday: Marquise de Grollier de Fuligny-Damas
French
* 21 December 1742
† 1828

267. birthday: Anne Vallayer-Coster
French painter
* 21 December 1744 in Paris
† 27 February 1818 in Paris

193. birthday: AMALIE AMALIE HERZOGIN VON OLDENBURG
German
* 21 December 1818 in Oldenburg
† 20 May 1875 in Bamberg

187. birthday: Jenny Bürde-Ney
Austrian singer
* 21 December 1824 in Graz
† 17 May 1886 in Dresden

182. birthday: Laura Dewey Bridgeman
American first deaf-blind woman to be educated
* 21 December 1829 in Etna b. Hanover, N.H.
† 24 May 1889 in Boston

158. birthday: Isolde Kurz
German writer
* 21 December 1853 in Stuttgart
† 5 April 1944 in Tübingen

151. birthday: Henrietta Szold
Israeli philanthropist, Zionist
* 21 December 1860 in Baltimore
† 13 February 1945 in Jerusalem

148. birthday: Zélie de Lussan
American singer
* 21 December 1863 in Brooklyn
† 18 December 1949 in London

139. birthday: Helen Farnsworth Mears
American sculptor
* 21 December 1872 in Oshkosh
† 17 February 1916 in New York

137. birthday: Gertrude Battles Lane
American
* 21 December 1874 in Saco, ME
† 25 September 1941 in New York C.

129. birthday: Bennata Otten
German librarian
* 21 December 1882 in Lübeck
† 18 April 1955 in ebd.

127. birthday: Maria Cadilla de Martinez
American writer, feminist, artist
* 21 December 1884
† 23 August 1951

111. birthday: Bella Fromm

* 21 December 1900 in Nürnberg
† 9 February 1972 in New York

111. birthday: Oda Schaefer
German writer
* 21 December 1900 in Berlin- Wilmersdorf
† 4 September 1988 in München

103. birthday: Herta Staub
Austrian writer, translator
* 21 December 1908 in Wien
† 18 August 1996 in Wien / Vienna

91. birthday: Alicia Alonso
Cuban dancer, ballet director, choreographer
* 21 December 1920 in Havanna

74. birthday: Jane Fonda
American actress and political activist; fitness guru
* 21 December 1937 in New York

74. birthday: Claire Renée Eliane Motte
French
* 21 December 1937 in Belfort
† 15 July 1986 in Paris

57. birthday: Chris Evert-Loyd
American tennis player
* 21 December 1954 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

52. birthday: Florence Griffith Joyner
American sprinter
* 21 December 1959 in Los Angeles, CA
† 20 September 1998 in Mission Viejo, CA

46. birthday: Anke Engelke
German
* 21 December 1965

20. day of death: Moje Forbach, eig. Amalie Staubwasser
German singer
* 24 September 1898 in Schloß Raichertshausen bei München / Munich
† 21 December 1993 in München / Munich

464. day of death: Margarete Margarete von Navarra
French queen, poet, diplomat
* 11 April 1492 in Angoulême
† 21 December 1549 in Schloss Odos b./n. Tarbes

263. day of death: Elisabeth Christine Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
German
* 28 August 1691 in Braunschweig
† 21 December 1750 in Wien

142. day of death: Louise Aston
German writer, feminist
* 27 November 1814 in Gröningen bei/near Halberstadt
† 21 December 1871 in Wangen/ Allgäu

106. day of death: Klara Hitler, geb. Pölzl
Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler
* 12 August 1860 in Spital
† 21 December 1907 in Leonding b. Linz

98. day of death: Violet Florence Martin (Ps. Martin Ross)
writer
* 11 June 1862 in Ross House, Co. Galway (Irland)
† 21 December 1915 in Cork (Irland)

88. day of death: Amelie Beese
German aviator
* 18 September 1886 in Laubegast bei Dresden
† 21 December 1925 in Berlin

84. day of death: Anna Edinger
German philanthropist, suffragist
* 17 May 1863 in Frankfurt/M.
† 21 December 1929 in Oberursel

81. day of death: EMMA Boos-Jegher

* 26 February 1857 in Triest
† 21 December 1932 in Zürich

63. day of death: Hattie Wyatt Caraway
American
* 1 February 1878 in Bakerville, Tenn.
† 21 December 1950 in Falls Church, Va.

49. day of death: Bertha Keyser
German philanthropist
* 24 June 1868 in Maroldsweisach b. Coburg
† 21 December 1964 in Hamburg

43. day of death: Anna Elisabeth Weirauch
German writer
* 7 August 1887 in Galatz (Rumänien)
† 21 December 1970 in Berlin

37. day of death: Anna Karin Elisabeth Ekelund
Swedish actress
* 26 May 1913 in Ystad
† 21 December 1976 in Stockholm

33. day of death: Thekla Kauffmann
German philanthropist
* 1883
† 21 December 1980 in New York City

21. day of death: Stella Adler
American actress, acting teacher
* 10 February 1901 in New York, NY
† 21 December 1992 in Los Angeles

17. day of death: Christine Brückner
German writer
* 10 December 1921 in Schmillinghausen/ Waldeck
† 21 December 1996 in Kassel