Commemoratives of Famous Women for 31 March 2012

140. birthday: Alexandra Kollontai
Russian revolutionary, diplomat, writer
* 31 March 1872 in St. Petersburg
† 9 March 1952 in Moskau/Moscow

130. birthday: Maria Bidlingmaier
German ethnologist
* 31 March 1882 in Lauffen, Neckar
† 22 January 1917

165. birthday: Irma von Troll-Borostyani
Austrian writer
* 31 March 1847 in Salzburg
† 10 February 1912 in ebd.

135. birthday: Toni Schwabe
German writer
* 31 March 1877 in Bad Blankenburg, Thüringen
† 17 October 1951 in Bad Blankenburg, Thüringen

95. birthday: Dorothy DeLay
American violinist, violin teacher
* 31 March 1917 in Kansas
† 24 March 2002

587. birthday: Bianca Maria Bianca Maria Visconti Sforza, Herzogin von Mailand
Italian politician, regent
* 31 March 1425 in Settimo o. Abbiategrasso
† 23 October 1468 in Melegnano

313. birthday: Louise de Warens
Swiss lover of Rousseau
* 31 March 1699 in Vevey
† 29 July 1762 in Chambery

181. birthday: Elisa Hwasser
Swedish actress
* 31 March 1831 in Stockholm
† 28 January 1894 in ""

156. birthday: Dora Hitz
German painter
* 31 March 1856 in Altdorf bei Nürnberg
† 20 November 1924 in Berlin

156. birthday: Mary Sherwood
American physician
* 31 March 1856 in Ballston, NH
† 24 May 1935 in Baltimore

141. birthday: Frieda von Kaulbach- Scotta
Danish violinist
* 31 March 1871 in Kopenhagen

123. birthday: Muriel Hazel Wright
American historian, politician
* 31 March 1889 in Lehigh, Choctaw, OK
† 27 February 1975 in Oklahoma City, OK

117. birthday: Elizabeth Miles
American blues singer
* 31 March 1895
† 17 March 1963 in ""

113. birthday: Antonia White
English writer
* 31 March 1899 in London
† 4 October 1980 in Daneshill

104. birthday: TILLA BRIEM
German singer
* 31 March 1908 in Morhange / Lothringen
† 20 July 1980 in Tierberg bei Schwäbisch Hall

101. birthday: Elisabeth Grümmer
German singer
* 31 March 1911 in Niederjeutz, heute Basse-Yutz, Moselle
† 6 November 1986 in Warendorf/NRW.

96. birthday: Zoë Oldenbourg
Russian-French writer
* 31 March 1916 in Petersburg
† 8 November 2002 in Paris?

87. birthday: Petra Peters
German actress, playwright
* 31 March 1925 in Hannover
† 31 July 2004 in München

83. birthday: Liz Claiborne
American fashion designer, entrepreneur
* 31 March 1929 in Brüssel / Brussels
† 25 June 2007 in Manhattan

79. birthday: Hedwig Bilgram
German organist, harpsichordist
* 31 March 1933 in Memmingen, Bayern

78. birthday: Kamala Das
Indian writer
* 31 March 1934 in Punnayurkulam

76. birthday: Marge Piercy
American writer
* 31 March 1936 in Detroit, MI

30. day of death: Paula Hertwig
German biologist
* 11 October 1889 in Berlin
† 31 March 1983 in Villingen, Schwarzwald

30. day of death: Suzy Solidor
French singer, actress
* 18 December 1900 in St.-Servant bei St.-Malo
† 31 March 1983

30. day of death: Christina Ellen Stead
Australian writer
* 17 July 1902 in Sydney
† 31 March 1983 in ebd.

115. day of death: Eleanor Marx
English politician, pacifist, yougest daughter of Jenny and Karl Marx
* 16 January 1855 in London, Soho
† 31 March 1898 in London

55. day of death: Else Frenkel-Brunswik

* 18 August 1908 in Lemberg, Polen
† 31 March 1958

45. day of death: Elly Ney
German pianist
* 27 September 1882 in Düsseldorf
† 31 March 1968 in Tutzing

15. day of death: Bella Abzug
American politician (Dem), feminist, lawyer
* 24 July 1920 in New York
† 31 March 1998 in New York

809. day of death: Eleonore von Aquitanien
French-English regent; wife of Heinrich II Plantagenet; mother of Richard Lionheart
* 1122 in Schloss Belim bei Poitiers
† 31 March 1204 in Poitiers, Abtei Fontevrault

248. day of death: Anna Constantia Gräfin Cosel
German; mistress of King August of Saxonia and Poland
* 17 October 1680 in Gut Depenau / Holstein
† 31 March 1765 in Stolpen

192. day of death: Josephine Gräfin Brunswick de Korompa
Hungarian student and friend of Beethoven, his "immortal beloved"
* 28 March 1779 in Preßburg
† 31 March 1821

158. day of death: Charlotte Brontë
English writer
* 21 April 1816 in Thornton
† 31 March 1855 in Haworth

137. day of death: Elizabeth Greenfield
American singer
* 13 July 1817 in Natchez, Miss.
† 31 March 1876 in Philadelphia

113. day of death: Ellen Fries
Swedish historian
* 23 September 1855 in Rödsle
† 31 March 1900 in Stockholm

99. day of death: Amanda Theodosia Jones

* 19 October 1835 in East Bloomfield, Ontario Cty, NY
† 31 March 1914 in Junction City

82. day of death: Valeska Röver
German painter, artisan
* 6 February 1849 in Hamburg
† 31 March 1931 in ebd.

82. day of death: Hedwig Strandberg
Swedish painter
* 28 October 1842 in Stigtomta
† 31 March 1931 in Stockholm

81. day of death: Margarete von Wrangell
German professor of agriculture
* 7 January 1877 in Moskau
† 31 March 1932 in Stuttgart

81. day of death: Mary Lanman Douw Ferris
American writer
* 22 May 1855 in Poughkeepsie
† 31 March 1932 in Hempstead

68. day of death: Harriet Hawes
American archeologist
* 11 October 1871 in Boston
† 31 March 1945 in Washington, DC

53. day of death: Lady Cynthia Asquith
English writer
* 27 September 1887 in Clouds, near East Knoyle in Wiltshire
† 31 March 1960 in Acland Nursing Home in Oxford

18. day of death: Selena (Selena Quintanilla Perez)
American singer
* 16 April 1971 in Lake Jackson, TX
† 31 March 1995 in Corpus Christi,TX

16. day of death: Helene Anderson
American diplomat; first American woman ambassador (Denmark 1949-53)
* 26 May 1909 in Adair, IO
† 31 March 1997 in Red Wing, MN

13. day of death: Gisèle Freund
German-French photographer, sociologist
* 19 December 1908 in Berlin Schöneberg
† 31 March 2000 in Paris