Commemoratives of Famous Women for 29 January 2012

100. birthday: Martha Griffiths
American politician
* 29 January 1912 in Pierce City, MO
† 22 April 2003 in Armada, MI

410. birthday: Amalie Elisabeth Amalie Elisabeth von Hessen-Kassel
German
* 29 January 1602 in Hanau
† 3 August 1651 in Kassel

190. birthday: Adelaide Ristori
Italian actress
* 29 January 1822 in Cividale
† 9 October 1906 in Rom

215. birthday: Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen
German art collector; friend of Annette von DrosteHülshoff and Jahanna and Adele Schopenhauer
* 29 January 1797 in Köln
† 20 October 1857

155. birthday: Edith Augusta James
English
* 29 January 1857 in Eton
† 31 December 1898 in Tunbridge Wells

145. birthday: Elisabeth Büchsel
German painter
* 29 January 1867 in Stralsund
† 3 July 1957 in Stralsund

65. birthday: Linda B. Buck
American geneticist, cytologist
* 29 January 1947 in Seattle

513. birthday: Katharina von Bora
German wife of Martin Luther
* 29 January 1499 in Lippendorf b./n. Leipzig
† 20 December 1552 in Torgau

207. birthday: Eugenie de Guerin
French writer
* 29 January 1805 in Schloß Cayla b. Albi, Tarn
† 31 May 1848 in ebd.

177. birthday: Sarah C. Woolsey
American writer
* 29 January 1835 in Cleveland
† 9 April 1905 in Newport. RI

162. birthday: Jeanette Thurber
American
* 29 January 1850 in New York
† 2 January 1946 in Bronxville

149. birthday: Susette Cathrine Holten
Danish painter
* 29 January 1863 in Kopenhagen
† 11 February 1937 in Kopenhagen

146. birthday: Jozefa Joteyko
Polish
* 29 January 1866 in Poczujki
† 24 April 1928 in Warschau

134. birthday: Mary Jobe Akeley
American
* 29 January 1878 in Tappan, OH
† 19 July 1966 in Stonington

131. birthday: Alice Catharine Evans
American
* 29 January 1881 in Neath
† 5 September 1975 in Arlington, Va.

122. birthday: Marguerite Canal
French composer, conductor
* 29 January 1890 in Toulouse
† 1978

117. birthday: Muna Lee
American
* 29 January 1895
† 3 April 1965 in San Juan

73. birthday: Germaine Greer
Australian feminist, journalist, art historian
* 29 January 1939 in Melbourne
† Ê in  

71. birthday: Robin Morgan
American writer, journalist
* 29 January 1941 in Lake Worth, FL

59. birthday: Teresa Teng

* 29 January 1953
† 8 May 1995

58. birthday: Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, entrepreneur, journalist
* 29 January 1954 in Kosciusko, MS
† Ê in  

80. day of death: Sara Teasdale
American poet
* 8 August 1884 in St. Louis, MO
† 29 January 1933 in New York

40. day of death: Anna von Segesser
Swiss
* 10 April 1887 in Luzern
† 29 January 1973

10. day of death: Natalia Michailowna Dudinskaja
Russian dancer and dancing teacher; choreographer
* 21 August 1912 in Charkow
† 29 January 2003

165. day of death: Nina Aubigny von Engelbrunner
German
* 16 April 1770 in Kassel
† 29 January 1848 in Graz, auf d. Erklschlössl bei

5. day of death: Margaret Truman Daniel
singer, writer; daughter of Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman
* 17 February 1924 in Independence, MO
† 29 January 2008 in Chicago

5. day of death: Helga Sophia Goetze
German artist, writer, political activist
* 12 March 1922 in Magdeburg
† 29 January 2008 in Winsen

231. day of death: Johanne Charlotte Unzer, geb. Ziegler
German writer, essayist, philosopher,f eminist
* 27 November 1725 in Halle
† 29 January 1782 in Altona

189. day of death: Louisa Gräfin Albany
writer
* 29 September 1753 in Mons, Hennegau (Belgien)
† 29 January 1824 in Florenz

122. day of death: Sofia Kowalewskaja
Russian mathematician
* 3 January 1850 in Moskau/Moscow
† 29 January 1891 in Stockholm

97. day of death: Sibylle Olfers
German writer
* 8 May 1881 in Schloß Methgethen/Königsberg
† 29 January 1916 in Lübeck

92. day of death: Angie Perkins
American
* 6 November 1858 in Danielson, CN
† 29 January 1921 in Knoxville

87. day of death: Angeles Lopez de Ayala
Spanish writer
* 21 September 1856 in Sevilla
† 29 January 1926 in ""

81. day of death: Pavla Kytlicova
writer
* 8 April 1874 in Wien
† 29 January 1932 in Tasov

81. day of death: Viktorine Endler, geb. Bleser, Ps. Antonie Haupt
German writer
* 17 January 1853 in Trier
† 29 January 1932 in Hannover

72. day of death: Sigrid Blomberg
Swedish sculptor
* 17 October 1863 in Fliseryds skn
† 29 January 1941 in Karlstad

61. day of death: Anne Tracy Morgan
American heiress, philanthropist
* 25 July 1873 in New York?
† 29 January 1952 in Mount Kisco

49. day of death: Vera Hall
American
* 1906
† 29 January 1964

49. day of death: Mary Anderson

* 27 August 1872 in Linköping
† 29 January 1964 in Washington, DC

9. day of death: Janet Frame
New Zealand writer
* 28 August 1924 in Dunedin/ Neuseel.
† 29 January 2004 in Dunedin/ Neuseel.