Commemoratives of Famous Women for 26 September 2010

110. birthday: Gertrud Luckner
German resistance fighter; pacifist
* 26 September 1900 in Liverpool
† 31 August 1995 in Freiburg

135. birthday: Eleanor Tully Gates
American writer
* 26 September 1875 in Shakopee, MN
† 7 April 1951 in Los Angeles, CA

135. birthday: Mary Elisabeth Dreier
American politician; feminist
* 26 September 1875 in Brooklyn, NY
† 15 August 1963 in Bar Harbor, Maine

169. birthday: Marguerite Massip
Swiss
* 26 September 1841 in Lyon
† nach 1908

141. birthday: Ljubóv F. Dostojévskaja
Russian writer; daughter of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
* 26 September 1869 in Dresden
† 11 November 1926 in Bozen, Gries bei (Sanatorium); dort begraben im Kloster Muri

136. birthday: Margarethe Steinhäuser
German
* 26 September 1874 in Kitzingen, Schwaben
† 12 May 1955 in Offenbach

134. birthday: Edith Abbott
American social reformer (nursing)
* 26 September 1876 in Grand Island, NB
† 28 July 1957 in Grand Island, NB

117. birthday: Freda (Clark) Kirchwey
American writer
* 26 September 1893 in Lake Placid
† 3 January 1976 in St. Petersburg, Florida

111. birthday: Irena Dubiska
Polish violinist, composer
* 26 September 1899 in Inowroclaw
† 1 June 1989 in Warschau

107. birthday: Frederique Petrides
Dutch-American conductor, violinist
* 26 September 1903
† 12 January 1983 in New York

106. birthday: Hilde Wagener
Austrian writer, philanthropist
* 26 September 1904 in Hannover
† 26 December 1992 in Baden bei Wien, Krkhs.

104. birthday: Ellen Tarry
American writer
* 26 September 1906 in Birmingham, AL

84. birthday: Julie London
American actress, singer
* 26 September 1926 in ""
† 18 October 2000 in ""

84. birthday: Maud Tortelier, geb. Martin
French cellist
* 26 September 1926 in Paris

82. birthday: Joan Williams
American writer
* 26 September 1928
† 11 April 2004

76. birthday: Winnie Nomzamo Mandela
South African politician
* 26 September 1934 in Bizana, Transkei/Südafr.

69. birthday: Karin Gregorek
German actress
* 26 September 1941 in Wendorf, Mecklenburg

68. birthday: Gloria Anzaldúa
American writer, feminist theorist
* 26 September 1942 in Jesus Maria of the Valley, TX
† 15 May 2004 in Oakland, CA?

64. birthday: Andrea Dworkin
American writer, feminist, activist
* 26 September 1946 in Camden, NJ
† 9 April 2005 in Washington

63. birthday: Olivia Newton- John
English
* 26 September 1947 in Cambridge, England

61. birthday: Jane Smiley
American writer
* 26 September 1949 in Los Angeles, CA

29. birthday: Serena Williams
American tennis player
* 26 September 1981 in Saginaw, MI

75. day of death: Bessie Smith
American blues singer
* 15 April 1894 in Chattanooga, TN
† 26 September 1937 in Clarksdale, MS

70. day of death: Gertrud Frinke
German resistance fighter
* 22 April 1897 in Berlin
† 26 September 1942 in Auschwitz

40. day of death: Emilia Fogelklou Norlind
Swedish writer
* 20 July 1878 in Simrishamn
† 26 September 1972 in Uppsala

30. day of death: Valerie Elizabeth Bettis
American
* 20 December 1919 in Houston
† 26 September 1982 in New York

355. day of death: Olympia Maidalchini
Italian
* 26 May 1594 in Viterbo
† 26 September 1657 in S. Martino

45. day of death: Mirjam Horwitz
German
* 15 June 1882 in Berlin
† 26 September 1967 in Lütjensee b. Hamburg (Altenheim)

139. day of death: Luise Mühlbach
German
* 2 January 1814 in Neubrandenburg
† 26 September 1873 in Berlin

114. day of death: Fanny Lily Gipsy Davenport
American actress
* 10 April 1850 in London
† 26 September 1898 in South Suxbury

113. day of death: Katharina Katalsky
Russian microbiologist
* 9 March 1864 in Moskau
† 26 September 1899

107. day of death: Jeanne Proust, geb. Weil
French mother of Marcel Proust
* 21 April 1849 in Elsass?
† 26 September 1905

106. day of death: Gualberta Adelaide Beccari
Italian writer
* 1842 in Padua
† 26 September 1906 in Turin

98. day of death: Michael Field (= Katherine Harris Bradley)
English writer
* 27 October 1846 in Birmingham
† 26 September 1914 in Hawksyard Priory?

76. day of death: Harriet Monroe
American poet
* 23 December 1860 in Chicago, IL
† 26 September 1936 in Arequipa (Peru)

54. day of death: Zdenka Baldova
Czech actress
* 20 February 1885 in Böhmisch Trübau
† 26 September 1958 in Prag / Prague

41. day of death: Sophia Kleegman
American
* 8 July 1901 in New York
† 26 September 1971 in ebd.

39. day of death: Anna Magnani
Italian actress
* 7 March 1908 in Rom / Rome
† 26 September 1973 in Rom / Rome

23. day of death: Liselotte Berger
German politician (CDU)
* 13 November 1920 in Berlin
† 26 September 1989 in Berlin

19. day of death: Nina Berberowa
Russian writer
* 1 August 1901 in St. Petersburg
† 26 September 1993 in Philadelphia, PA

14. day of death: Betty Carter
American
* 16 May 1929 in Flint, MI
† 26 September 1998 in Brooklyn, New York