Commemoratives of Famous Women for 22 April 2012

100. birthday: Kathleen Ferrier
English singer
* 22 April 1912 in Higher Walton, Lancashire
† 8 October 1953 in London

110. birthday: Raquel Forner

* 22 April 1902 in Buenos Aires
† 70 June 1988 in Buenos Aires

165. birthday: Anna Lissmann-Gutzschbach
German singer
* 22 April 1847 in Döbeln (Sachsen)
† 1903

155. birthday: Ada Rehan
American actress
* 22 April 1857 in Limerick
† 8 January 1916 in New York

115. birthday: Gertrud Frinke
German resistance fighter
* 22 April 1897 in Berlin
† 26 September 1942 in Auschwitz

561. birthday: Isabella Isabella von Kastilien
Spanish queen
* 22 April 1451 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres
† 26 November 1504 in Medina del Campo

372. birthday: Mariana Alcoforado
writer
* 22 April 1640 in Beja (Alentejo)
† 28 July 1723 in Beja (Alentejo)

284. birthday: Baral, geb. LavalAnne Marie
prussian silk entrepreneur
* 22 April 1728 in Berlin
† 20 June 1805 in Potsdam

246. birthday: Germaine de Staël
Swiss writer
* 22 April 1766 in Paris
† 14 July 1817 in Paris

182. birthday: Emily Davies
English
* 22 April 1830 in Southampton
† 13 July 1921 in Hampstead, London

153. birthday: Ottilie Roederstein
Swiss painter
* 22 April 1859 in Zürich
† 26 November 1937 in Hofheim

139. birthday: Ellen Glasgow
American writer
* 22 April 1873 in Richmond
† 21 November 1945 in ebd.

129. birthday: Eleonore Kalkowska
German playwright
* 22 April 1883 in Warschau
† 21 July 1937 in Bern

103. birthday: Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian neurobiologist; Nobel laureate (medicine 1986)
* 22 April 1909 in Turin

103. birthday: Ruth Liepman
German-Swiss resistance fighter, literary agent
* 22 April 1909 in Polch bei Koblenz (Eifel)
† 29 May 2001

89. birthday: Paula Fox
American writer
* 22 April 1923 in New York City

77. birthday: Fiorenza Cossotto
Italian singer
* 22 April 1935 in Crescentino (Vercelli)

69. birthday: Louise Glück
American writer
* 22 April 1943 in New York City

25. day of death: Louise Stomps
German
* 1900 in Berlin
† 22 April 1988 in Altötting

120. day of death: Franziska Berg
German actress
* 1 January 1813 in Mannheim
† 22 April 1893 in Dresden

30. day of death: Gunta Stölzl
German graphic artist, weaver
* 5 March 1897 in München
† 22 April 1983 in Zürich / Zurich

10. day of death: Martha Griffiths
American politician
* 29 January 1912 in Pierce City, MO
† 22 April 2003 in Armada, MI

447. day of death: Diana / Diane Diana von / de Poitiers
French lady-in-waiting; mistress of Henry II. of France
* 3 September 1499 in Schloß Saint Vallier (Poitiers)
† 22 April 1566 in Schloß Anet (bei/near Paris)

314. day of death: Anne Murray Lady Halkett
English
* 4 January 1622 in London
† 22 April 1699

236. day of death: Christiane Büsching, geb. Dilthey
German poet
* 11 December 1728 in Köthen, Anhalt
† 22 April 1777 in Berlin

126. day of death: Julie Traberth
German kindergarden pioneer
* 6 September 1817 in Eisenach
† 22 April 1887 in Eisenach

101. day of death: Betsy Meyer
Swiss sister of C.F. Meyer
* 19 March 1831 in Zürich
† 22 April 1912 in Veltheim (Aargau)

101. day of death: Siri von Essen
Finnish first wife of Strindberg
* 17 August 1850 in Stockholm
† 22 April 1912 in Helsingfors

98. day of death: Adèle Hugo
French chronicler of Victor Hugo"s life
* 28 July 1830 in Paris
† 22 April 1915

76. day of death: Hildegard von Hippel, verh. Tiessen
German writer
* 15 April 1872 in Hannover
† 22 April 1937 in Berlin

69. day of death: Annemarie Ladewig
German resistance fighter
* 5 June 1919
† 22 April 1944 in Hamburg

68. day of death: Käthe Kollwitz, geb. Schmidt
German graphic artist, sculptor
* 8 July 1867 in Königsberg
† 22 April 1945 in Moritzburg/ Dresden

68. day of death: Erika Etter
German resistance fighter
* 22 September 1922 in Hamburg
† 22 April 1945 in Neuengamme

48. day of death: Renée Sintenis
German sculptor, graphic artist
* 20 March 1888 in Glatz
† 22 April 1965 in Berlin

41. day of death: Dessa Dugalic
actress
* 28 September 1897 in Cacak
† 22 April 1972 in Belgrad

37. day of death: Jeanne Mammen
German painter, graphic artist
* 21 November 1890 in Berlin
† 22 April 1976 in Berlin

18. day of death: Margaret ("Maggie") Kuhn
American
* 3 August 1905 in Buffalo, NY
† 22 April 1995 in Philadelphia, PA

17. day of death: Erma Bombeck
American writer, humorist
* 21 February 1927 in Dayton, OH
† 22 April 1996 in San Francisco, CA

8. day of death: Erika Fuchs
German translator
* 7 December 1906 in Rostock
† 22 April 2005 in München

7. day of death: Alida Maria Valli, geb. Altenburger
Italian actress
* 31 May 1921 in Pola
† 22 April 2006 in Rom