Commemoratives of Famous Women for 25 September 2010

75. birthday: Maj Sjöwall
Swedish writer
* 25 September 1935 in Stockholm

130. birthday: Christabel Pankhurst
English suffragist; womens' rights activist
* 25 September 1880 in Manchester
† 13 February 1958 in Santa Monica, CA

80. birthday: Francine du Plessix Gray
American writer
* 25 September 1930

135. birthday: Katharina Fleischer- Edel
German singer
* 25 September 1875 in Mülheim/ Ruhr
† 18 August 1928 in Dresden

252. birthday: Marianne Thekla Mozart, genannt das "Bäsle"
German Mozart"s cousin and friend
* 25 September 1758 in Augsburg
† 25 January 1841 in Bayreuth

252. birthday: Josepha Auernhammer
Austrian pianist, composer
* 25 September 1758 in Wien / Vienna
† 31 January 1820 in Wien / Vienna

217. birthday: Felicia Hemans
English
* 25 September 1793 in Liverpool
† 16 May 1835 in Dublin b.

147. birthday: Nellie Nugent Somerville
suffragist, lawyer
* 25 September 1863 in Greenville n., Miss.
† 28 July 1952 in Ruleville

139. birthday: Nadja Strasser
German
* 25 September 1871 in Starodub, Rußl.
† 19 August 1955 in Berlin

137. birthday: Elizabeth Tuttle Holsman
American painter and sculptor
* 25 September 1873 in Brownville
† 1956

136. birthday: Noelle Roger
Swiss
* 25 September 1874 in Genf / Geneva
† 14 October 1953 in Genf / Geneva

122. birthday: Dame Vera Laughton Mathews
English Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) officer
* 25 September 1888 in London
† 1959

118. birthday: Martha Muchow
German psychologist
* 25 September 1892 in Hamburg
† 29 September 1933 in Hamburg

114. birthday: Elsa Triolet
French-Russian writer
* 25 September 1896 in Moskau/Moscow
† 16 June 1970 in Siant-Armoul-les-Yvelines bei/near Paris

112. birthday: Margaret Schlauch
American linguist
* 25 September 1898 in Philadelphia
† 1986

107. birthday: Vlasta Petrovicova
Czech writer
* 25 September 1903 in Prerov
† 12 February 1980 in Prag / Prague

104. birthday: Madeleine Bourdouxhe
Belgian writer
* 25 September 1906 in Lüttich
† 16 April 1996 in Brüssel

93. birthday: Gise Furtwängler
German dancer, choreographer
* 25 September 1917 in Berlin
† 1 November 1979 in Hannover

93. birthday: Mary Clabaugh Wright, Mary
American
* 25 September 1917 in Tuscaloosa, AL
† 18 June 1970 in Guilford

92. birthday: Helene Rahms
German
* 25 September 1918 in Köln

89. birthday: Edith Farnadi
Austrian-Hungarian pianist
* 25 September 1921 in Budapest
† 12 December 1973 in Graz

87. birthday: Lotte Rotholz
German resistance fighter
* 25 September 1923 in Bentheim
† 1942 nach in Auschwitz

81. birthday: Barbara Walters
American journalist, talk show host
* 25 September 1929 in Boston

71. birthday: Sheila Ortiz-Taylor
American writer
* 25 September 1939 in Los Angeles, CA

67. birthday: Brigitte Schlieben-Lange
German scholar of Romance languages
* 25 September 1943
† 14 September 2000

58. birthday: bell hooks (eig. Gloria Jean Watkins)
American writer, feminist
* 25 September 1952 in Hopkinsville, KY

58. birthday: Cherrie Moraga
American writer, feminist
* 25 September 1952 in Whittier, CA

46. birthday: Barbara Dennerlein
German
* 25 September 1964 in Trudering

41. birthday: Catherine Zeta-Jones
English actress
* 25 September 1969 in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales

100. day of death: Louisa Twining
English graphic artist; writer
* 16 November 1820 in London 
† 25 September 1912 in London

25. day of death: Mary Astor
American actress
* 3 May 1906 in Quincy, IL
† 25 September 1987 in bei Los Angeles, CA (Woodland Hills)

40. day of death: Eleanor Touroff Glueck
American
* 12 April 1898 in Brooklyn
† 25 September 1972 in Cambridge, MA

40. day of death: Alejandra Pizarnik
Argentinian writer
* 29 April 1936 in Buenos Aires
† 25 September 1972 in Buenos Aires

5. day of death: Ella Barowsky
German politician
* 11 January 1912 in Berlin-Charlottenburg
† 25 September 2007 in Berlin

391. day of death: Mary Sidney, Gräfin Pembroke
English poet; scholar, sister of Sir Philip Sidney
* 27 October 1561 in Ticknell
† 25 September 1621 in London

154. day of death: Amalie Schoppe
writer
* 9 October 1791 in Burg auf Fehmarn
† 25 September 1858 in Schenectady/ New York

119. day of death: Marie Luise von François
German writer
* 27 June 1817 in Herzberg a. d. Elster, bei Merseburg/ Sachsen
† 25 September 1893 in Weißenfels, Saale/ Sachsen

88. day of death: Lotta Crabtree
American actress
* 7 November 1847 in New York
† 25 September 1924 in Boston

74. day of death: EUGENIE SCHUMANN
German writer, biographer of her parents, Clara and Robert Schumann, pianist
* 1 December 1851 in Düsseldorf
† 25 September 1938 in Bern

71. day of death: Gertrude Battles Lane
American
* 21 December 1874 in Saco, ME
† 25 September 1941 in New York C.

68. day of death: Alma Buscher, verh. Siedhoff
German designer, carpenter
* 4 January 1899
† 25 September 1944 in Frankfurt/M.

52. day of death: Ruth Roland Nichols

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

52. day of death: Emily Price Post
American writer
* 27 October 1872 in Baltimore
† 25 September 1960 in New York City

46. day of death: Mina Loy
American writer
* 27 December 1882 in London
† 25 September 1966 in Aspen, CO

43. day of death: Constanze Hallgarten
German
* 12 September 1881 in Leipzig
† 25 September 1969 in München 

42. day of death: Inez Haynes Irwin
American
* 2 March 1873 in Rio de Janeiro
† 25 September 1970 in Norwell, MA

37. day of death: Antonietta Raphael Mafai
Italian
* 29 July 1900 in Kowno, Litauen
† 25 September 1975 in Rom

32. day of death: Maria Under

* 27 March 1883 in Reval
† 25 September 1980 in Stockholm

28. day of death: Gertrud Wilker
Swiss writer
* 18 March 1924 in Solothurn
† 25 September 1984 in Herrenschwanden

13. day of death: Marion Zimmer Bradley
American writer
* 3 June 1930 in near Albany, NY
† 25 September 1999 in Berkeley, CA

3. day of death: Alicia de Larrocha
Spanish pianist
* 23 May 1923 in Barcelona
† 25 September 2009 in Barcelona