Commemoratives of Famous Women for 26 February 2012

90. birthday: Margaret Leighton
English actress
* 26 February 1922 in Barnt Green
† 14 January 1976 in Chichester

155. birthday: EMMA Boos-Jegher

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

135. birthday: Dorothea Hirschfeld
German
* 26 February 1877 in Berlin
† 12 June 1966 in Berlin

135. birthday: Celestina Boninsegna
Italian singer
* 26 February 1877 in Reggio Emilia
† 14 February 1947 in Mailand

204. birthday: Elise Averdieck
German writer
* 26 February 1808 in Hamburg
† 5 November 1907 in Hamburg

193. birthday: Elizabeth Stirling
English
* 26 February 1819 in Greenwich
† 25 March 1895 in London

163. birthday: Katherine McDowell
American writer
* 26 February 1849 in Holly Springs, Miss.
† 22 July 1883 in ebd.

154. birthday: Agnes Hundoegger
German music theorist and teacher
* 26 February 1858 in Hannover
† 23 February 1927 in Hannover

149. birthday: Josine Adriana Simons-Mees
Dutch playwright
* 26 February 1863 in Rotterdam
† 11 March 1948 in den Haag

144. birthday: Adèle Schmitz
German
* 26 February 1868 in Bremen
† 14 March 1951 in Bremen

143. birthday: Nadeschda Krupskaja
Russian politician, teacher, wife of Lenin
* 26 February 1869 in St. Petersburg
† 27 February 1939 in Moskau/Moscow

142. birthday: Gabrielle Duchêne
French
* 26 February 1870 in Genf o. Paris
† 3 August 1954 in Zürich

134. birthday: EMMY DESTINN
Czech singer
* 26 February 1878 in Prag / Prague
† 28 January 1930 in Budweis

133. birthday: Mabel Dodge Luhan
American writer, hostess
* 26 February 1879 in Buffalo, NY
† 13 August 1962 in Taos

128. birthday: Dina Appeldoorn
Dutch composer, pianist, piano teacher
* 26 February 1884 in Rotterdam
† 5 December 1938 in 's Gravenhage

124. birthday: MARIA GRENGG
Austrian writer and painter
* 26 February 1888 in Stein, heute zu Krems/ Donau
† 8 October 1963 in Rodaun bei Wien

103. birthday: Madeleine Carroll
English actress
* 26 February 1909 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire
† 2 October 1987 in Marbella, Spain

97. birthday: Elisabeth Eybers

* 26 February 1915 in Klerksdorp/Transvaal

93. birthday: Casey Miller
American
* 26 February 1919 in Toledo, OH
† 5 January 1997 in East Haddam, CN

73. birthday: Senta Trömel-Plötz
German linguist and feminist
* 26 February 1939 in München

69. birthday: Kazimiera Prunskiene

* 26 February 1943 in Vasiuliskiai

63. birthday: Elizabeth George
American writer (mysteries)
* 26 February 1949 in Warren, OH

62. birthday: Helen Clark
New Zealand politician (prime minister 1999-2008)
* 26 February 1950 in Hamilton (Nordinsel)

70. day of death: Anna Sophie Polak
Dutch feminist, economist
* 27 April 1874 in Rotterdam
† 26 February 1943 in Auschwitz

60. day of death: Elisabeth Kuyper
Dutch composer and conductor
* 13 September 1877 in Amsterdam
† 26 February 1953 in Lugano

93. day of death: Anna Alice Chapin
American writer
* 16 December 1880 in New York
† 26 February 1920

84. day of death: Kate Courtney
English
* 4 April 1847
† 26 February 1929

71. day of death: Abastenia Eberle
American
* 6 April 1878 in Webster City
† 26 February 1942 in New York

63. day of death: Julie Heraeus
German
* 1873 in Stockstadt
† 26 February 1950 in Offenbach

62. day of death: Katarzyna Kobro
Polish sculptor
* 26 January 1898 in Riga
† 26 February 1951 in Lodz

53. day of death: Bertha Haven Putnam
American
* 1 March 1872 in New York
† 26 February 1960 in South Hadley

43. day of death: Ethel Leginska
English composer, conductor, pianist
* 13 April 1886 in Hull
† 26 February 1970 in Los Angeles, CA

32. day of death: Tatjana Sais
German actress, comedienne
* 28 January 1910 in Frankfurt/M.
† 26 February 1981 in Berlin

27. day of death: Lady Amalia Fleming
Greek-English bacteriologist, political activist
* 1909 in Konstantinopel
† 26 February 1986 in Athen

21. day of death: Marguerite Ross Barnett
American
* 21 May 1942 in Charlottesville, VA
† 26 February 1992 in Wailuku, Hawaii