Commemoratives of Famous Women for 23 February 2012

120. birthday: Agnes Smedley
American writer, journalist; radical
* 23 February 1892 in Northern Missouri
† 6 May 1950 in Oxford

120. birthday: Geneviève Tabouis
French journalist
* 23 February 1892 in Paris
† 22 September 1985

155. birthday: Margaret Deland
American writer
* 23 February 1857 in Manchester/ Allegheny
† 13 January 1945 in Boston

304. birthday: Maria Theresia Serri, Ordensname Maria Diomira von der Menschwerdung

* 23 February 1708 in Genua
† 14 January 1768 in Fanano

263. birthday: Gertrud Elisabeth Mara-Schmeling
German singer and singing teacher
* 23 February 1749 in Kassel
† 20 January 1833 in Reval

246. birthday: Caroline von Humboldt, geb. von Dacheröden
German salonnière, wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt
* 23 February 1766 in Minden
† 7 March 1829 in Berlin

243. birthday: Fürstin Pauline Pauline zur Lippe
German regent; kindergarden pioneer
* 23 February 1769 in Schloß Ballenstedt/ Harz
† 29 December 1820 in Detmold

188. birthday: Ulrika Victoria Åberg

* 23 February 1824 in Lovisa
† 15 July 1892 in Weimar

159. birthday: Fritzi Mikesch
Austrian
* 23 February 1853 in Wien / Vienna
† 12 March 1891 in Wien / Vienna

159. birthday: Dolores Correa Zapata

* 23 February 1853 in Teapa

149. birthday: Broncia (Bronislava) Koller-Pinell
Austrian painter
* 23 February 1863 in Sanok am San, Galizien
† 24 April 1934

147. birthday: Anna Ritter
German writer
* 23 February 1865 in Coburg
† 31 October 1921 in Marburg a.d. Lahn

142. birthday: Hans von Kahlenberg
German writer
* 23 February 1870 in Heiligenstadt/ Thür.
† 8 August 1957 in Baden-Baden

136. birthday: Agnes Maude Royden
English
* 23 February 1876 in Liverpool
† 30 July 1956 in London

133. birthday: Agnes Arber (geb. Robertson)

* 23 February 1879 in London
† 22 March 1960 in Cambridge

113. birthday: Elisabeth Langgässer
German writer
* 23 February 1899 in Alzey (Rheinl.)
† 25 July 1950 in Rheinzabern (Pfalz; Landkreis Germersheim)

112. birthday: Elinor Remick Warren
American
* 23 February 1900 in Los Angeles, CA
† 27 April 1991 in ebd.

111. birthday: Ruth Roland Nichols

* 23 February 1901 in New York
† 25 September 1960 in ebd.

107. birthday: Ellinor von der Heyde-Dohrn
German organist, musicologist
* 23 February 1905 in Kassel
† 16 February 2000 in Hannover

101. birthday: Jarmila Urbankova
Czech poet
* 23 February 1911 in Horni Vilemovice
† 13 May 2000 in Prag / Prague

99. birthday: Helma Seitz
German actress
* 23 February 1913 in Offenbach
† 11 July 1995 in Köln

59. birthday: Cristina Elisabeth Fernández de Kirchner
Argentinian politician; President of Argentina (Dec. 2007-)
* 23 February 1953 in La Plata

75. day of death: Lillian Welsh
American physician and educator
* 6 March 1858 in Columbia, PA
† 23 February 1938 in ebd.

25. day of death: Grete Garzarolli
Austrian writer
* 6 June 1900 in Aflenz, Steiermark
† 23 February 1988 in Graz

95. day of death: Sophie Menter
German
* 29 July 1846 in München
† 23 February 1918 in Stockdorf b. München

45. day of death: Fannie Hurst
American writer
* 18 October 1889 in Hamilton, Ohio
† 23 February 1968 in New York City

168. day of death: Maria Katharina Plettendorf
German wet nurse and confidante of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
* 1763
† 23 February 1845 in Münster, Haus Rüschhaus

162. day of death: Joanna Baillie
Scottish writer
* 11 September 1762 in Bothwell
† 23 February 1851 in Hampstead

161. day of death: Caroline Brandt
German
* 19 November 1794 in Bonn
† 23 February 1852 in Dresden

109. day of death: Friederike Kempner
German poet
* 25 June 1828 in Opatow/ Posen
† 23 February 1904 in Gut Friederikenhof bei Reichthal, Schlesien

103. day of death: Wera Fjodorowna Komissarschewskaja
Russian actress, theater director
* 8 November 1864 in Petersburg
† 23 February 1910 in Taschkent

92. day of death: Angelika von Hörmann zu Hörbach
Austrian writer
* 28 April 1843 in Innsbruck
† 23 February 1921 in Innsbruck

86. day of death: Agnes Hundoegger
German music theorist and teacher
* 26 February 1858 in Hannover
† 23 February 1927 in Hannover

83. day of death: Kate Barnard
American
* 23 May 1875 in Geneva, Nebr.
† 23 February 1930

83. day of death: Mabel Normand
American actress
* October 1893?11 in Rhode Island? Massachusetts?
† 23 February 1930 in Monrovia, CA o. Los Angeles

82. day of death: Nellie Melba
Australian singer
* 19 May 1861 in Burnley b. Melbourne
† 23 February 1931 in Sydney

73. day of death: M. B. Kennicott
German
* 10 September 1881 in Schloß Tusainen/ Ostpr.
† 23 February 1940 in Tübingen, medizinische Klinik

61. day of death: ANNA BALTISCHWILER
Swiss
* 11 March 1876 in Rheinsulz/ Aargau
† 23 February 1952 in Zürich

43. day of death: Emma Guffey Miller
American
* 6 July 1874 in Westmoreland County, Pa.
† 23 February 1970 in Grove City, Pa.

31. day of death: Anne Kersten
German actress
* 26 November 1895 in Mannheim
† 23 February 1982 in Dortmund

29. day of death: Jessamyn West
American writer
* 18 July 1902 in Indiana
† 23 February 1984 in Napa

14. day of death: Ruth Gipps
English composer, conductor, pianist, oboist
* 20 February 1921 in Bexhill
† 23 February 1999

14. day of death: Inge Brandenburg
German jazz singer
* 16 February 1929 in Leipzig
† 23 February 1999 in München