Commemoratives of Famous Women for 23 September 2010

40. birthday: Ani di Franco
American singer-songwriter, producer
* 23 September 1970 in Buffalo, NY

155. birthday: Ellen Fries
Swedish historian
* 23 September 1855 in Rödsle
† 31 March 1900 in Stockholm

145. birthday: Emmuska Baroness Orczy
writer
* 23 September 1865 in Tarnaörs/ Ungarn
† 12 November 1947 in London

145. birthday: Suzanne Valadon
French painter
* 23 September 1865 in Bessines-sur-Gartempe (Haute-Vienne) bei/near Limoges
† 19 April 1938 in Paris

135. birthday: Hedwig Wangel
German actress; philanthropist
* 23 September 1875 in Berlin
† 9 March 1961 in Lohe b. Rendsburg

256. birthday: Anna Barbara von Stetten
German
* 23 September 1754 in Augsburg
† 19 February 1805 in Augsburg

227. birthday: Jane Taylor
English writer
* 23 September 1783 in London
† 13 April 1824 in Ongar

187. birthday: Grace Greenwood
American
* 23 September 1823 in Pompey, NY
† 20 April 1904 in New Rochelle, NY

177. birthday: Marie Blanc, geb. Hensel
German-French casino director (Monte Carlo) and philanthropist
* 23 September 1833 in Friedrichsdorf
† 25 July 1881 in auf Schloss Moutiers, Frankreich

172. birthday: Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin
American feminist, entrepreneur, journalist
* 23 September 1838 in Homer, OH
† 10 June 1927 in Tewkesbury (Engl.)

171. birthday: Helen A. Shafer
American
* 23 September 1839 in Newark, NJ
† 20 January 1894 in Wellesley, Mass.

164. birthday: Vinnie Ream Hoxie
American
* 23 September 1846 in Madison, Wis.
† 20 November 1914 in ebd.

149. birthday: Adelheid von Bennigsen
German social reformer
* 23 September 1861 in Lüneburg
† 16 December 1938 in Hannover

147. birthday: Mary Eliza Church Terrell
American
* 23 September 1863 in Memphis
† 24 July 1954 in Annapolis, Md.

143. birthday: Draga Draga von Serbien

* 23 September 1867 in Gorni Milanovac
† 11 June 1903 in Belgrad

137. birthday: Salomea Kruszelnicka
singer
* 23 September 1873 in Bilavintsy b. Tarnapol (poln. Galizien)
† 14 November 1952 in Lemberg/ Ukraine

129. birthday: Carla Mann
German actress; sister of Julia, Thomas und Heinrich Mann
* 23 September 1881 in Lübeck
† 30 July 1910 in Polling in Obb.

111. birthday: Louise Nevelson
American sculptor
* 23 September 1899 in Kiew
† 17 April 1988 in New York

109. birthday: Ruth Andreas-Friedrich
German writer, member of the resistance
* 23 September 1901 in Berlin
† 17 September 1977 in Gauting b./n. München/Munich

108. birthday: Irmgard Pohl
German
* 23 September 1902 in Mülheim (Ruhr)

103. birthday: Dominique Aury (Ps. Pauline Réage)
French
* 23 September 1907 in Rochefort
† 30 April 1998 in Paris

103. birthday: Jarmila Novotná
Czech singer
* 23 September 1907 in Prag
† 9 February 1994 in New York City

101. birthday: BLANCHE Honegger-Moyse
Swiss
* 23 September 1909 in Genf / Geneva

98. birthday: Irena Pfeiffer
Polish composer, choir director
* 23 September 1912 in Stettin
† 6 July 1996 in Krakau

72. birthday: Maria Perschy
Austrian actress
* 23 September 1938 in Eisenstadt (Burgenland)
† 3 December 2004 in Wien / Vienna

72. birthday: Romy Schneider
Austrian-French actress
* 23 September 1938 in Wien/Vienna
† 29 May 1982 in Paris

67. birthday: Gabi Dohm
Austrian-German actress
* 23 September 1943 in Salzburg

53. birthday: Suzanne von Borsody
German actress
* 23 September 1957

250. day of death: Elisabeth "Doris" Ritter
Prussian friend of Frederick the Great
* 21 March 1714 in Halle
† 23 September 1762 in Berlin

25. day of death: Maria Müller-Gögler
German writer
* 28 May 1900 in Leutkirch
† 23 September 1987 in Weingarten

70. day of death: Caroline van Deurs

* 28 October 1860 in Frederiksborg
† 23 September 1942 in Kopenhagen

115. day of death: Frances Elizabeth Cox
Scottish translator
* 10 May 1812 in Oxford
† 23 September 1897

477. day of death: Katharina von Schweden, Königin
Swedish queen
* 24 September 1513 in ""
† 23 September 1535 in Stockholm

232. day of death: Marie Anne Marquise du Deffand
French letter writer, salon hostess
* 25 December 1697 in Schloß Chamrond b./n. Macon
† 23 September 1780 in Paris

204. day of death: Maria Elisabeth Josepha Erzherzogin von Österreich
Austrian abbess
* 13 August 1743 in Wien
† 23 September 1808 in Innsbruck

176. day of death: Maria Felicità Malibran
Spanish singer, composer
* 24 March 1808 in Paris
† 23 September 1836 in Manchester

151. day of death: Therese Gräfin Brunswick
Austrian kindergarden pioneer; student and friend of Beethoven
* 27 July 1775 in Preßburg
† 23 September 1861 in Ofen (heute Budapest)

124. day of death: Geraldine Jewsbury
English writer
* 22 August 1812 in Measham
† 23 September 1888 in London

123. day of death: Eliza Cook
English poet
* 24 December 1818 in Southwark
† 23 September 1889 in Wimbledon

69. day of death: Elinor Glyn
English writer
* 17 October 1864 in Jersey
† 23 September 1943 in London

61. day of death: Annie Nathan Meyer
American
* 19 February 1867 in New York
† 23 September 1951 in ebd.

49. day of death: Margarethe Hardegger, verh. Faas
Swiss women"s rights pioneer
* 20 February 1882 in Bern
† 23 September 1963 in Minusio

21. day of death: Ingrid Schmidt-Harzbach
German historian, feminist, activist
* 17 November 1941
† 23 September 1991

18. day of death: Madeleine Renaud
French actress
* 21 February 1900 in Paris
† 23 September 1994 in Paris - Neuilly-sur-Seine