today in women's herstory--23 march

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March 23
This Day in Women's History


1430: Margaret of Anjou born: wife of King Henry VI of England; queen consort of England; figure in the Wars of the Roses

1732: Princess Marie Adélaïde of France born: daughter of King Louis XV of France and his queen consort, Maria Leszczyńska; she remained unmarried, as did two of her sisters, rather than marry someone who was not her royal equal

1775: Anne Catherine Hoof Green died: printer, publisher of the Maryland Gazette and official printer for the colony of Maryland

1830: Sarah Elizabeth Doyle born: educator

1857: Fannie M. Farmer born: cookbook author

1882: Emmy Noether born: German Jewish mathematician

1884: Florence Ellinwood Allen born: musician, lawyer, judge, suffrage activist

1891 - Catherine Murphy Urner, composer

1897: Edith Lowry born: directed program for Protestant interdenominational ministry to migrant agricultural workers

1897: Margaret Farrar born: crossword puzzle editor

1898 - Hazel Dawn, [LaTout], Utah, actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl)

1899: Dora Gerson born: singer and actress, murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp

1901 - Dame Nellie Melba reveals secret of her now famous toast

1902 - In Italy, the minimum legal working age was raised from 9 to 12 for boys and from 11 to 15 for girls.

1904 – Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)

1905 – Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (d. 1972)

1912 – Eleanor Cameron, American children's author (d. 1996)

1917 - Patricia Burke, Milan Italy, actress (Forbidden)

1918 – Helene Hale, American politician (d. 2013)

1924: Bette Nesmith Graham born: typist, artist, invented Liquid Paper; mother of Michael Nesmith, musician (the Monkees)

1924 – Olga Kennard, British crystallographer

1926: Martha Wright born: singer, played Nellie Forbush in South Pacific for 1,080 performances, after Mary Martin made the role famous

1933 - Monique van Vooren, Belgium, actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)

1935 – Florence Moore, American actress (b. 1886)

1947 - Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)

1947 - Barbara Rhodes, Poughkeepsie NY, actress (Don't Just Stand There)

1947 – Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American science fiction author

1948 – Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician

1949 - Karen English, (Rep-D-Arizona)

1950 - Corrine Clery, Paris France, actress (Moonraker, Yor)

1952 - Patricia Richardson, Bethesda MD, actress (Jill-Home Improvement)

1953 - Chaka Khan, [Stevens], Great Lakes Il, rocker (Rufus-I am Every Woman)

1955 - Cindy Olavarri, Pleasant Hills California, cyclist (7-Eleven team)

1955 – Petrea Burchard, American actress

1956 - Laura Thorne, chef (named one of 10 best American chefs)

1957 – Teresa Ganzel, American actress

1957 - Amanda Plummer, NYC, actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker)

1957 - Sheila Rena Ingram, Wash DC, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976)

1957 - Teresa Ganzel, Toledo Ohio, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory)

1958 - Serena Grandi, [Fagioli], Bologna Itay, actress (Miranda)

1959 – Catherine Keener, American actress

1964 – Hope Davis, American actress

1965 – Sarah G. Buxton, American actress

1965 – Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1889)

1966 – Marin Hinkle, Tanzanian-American actress

1966 – Beverly Hills, English actress

1967 - Sandra Reinhardt, Pitts, actress (Another World, Illegal in Blue)

1970 – Melinda Midajah McCullum, American model, trainer, and manager

1970 – Melissa Errico, American actress and singer

1971 – Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model

1971 – Karen McDougal, American model and actress

1971 – Gail Porter, Scottish television host

1972 – Judith Godrèche, French actress and author

1973 - Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US

1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress

1976 – Keri Russell, American actress and dancer

1978 - Nicholle Tom, Hinsdale IL, actress (Beethoven, Maggie-Nanny, BH 90210)

1979 – Natalia Hadjiloizou, Belarusian-Cypriot swimmer

1979 – Misty Hyman, American swimmer

1981 - Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions

1985 - Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60

1985 - Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52

1987 – Kangna Ranaut, Indian actress

1990 - Eugenie Victoria Helena, Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguson

1991 - Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88

1992 – Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress and singer

1994 - Giulietta Masina, Italy, wife of Federico Fellini/(La Strada), dies at 74

2002 - Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)

2006 – Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)

2011 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (b. 1932)



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