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Raymond Lloyd
2000: 50- & 100-Year ANNIVERSARIES of DISTINGUISHED WOMEN of HISTORY: 2000
extract from the writer's "4000 Women's Anniversaries 1981-2050"
189 women 44 countries first compiled 28 August 1994 updated 14 November 1998 @ Raymond Lloyd
Country Woman of distinction Main Activity Lived Anniversary Reference#
(portrait*)
Australia Valerie Austin Red Cross worker 27.9.1900-86 100.birth WW
Rita Buxton philanthropist 1900-82 100.birth WW
Ernestine Hill writer traveller 1900-72 100.birth CB
Elizabeth Macarthur pioneer wool merchant 1767-1850 150.death JU
Merlyn Baillieu Myer businesswoman philanthropist 8.1.1900-82 100.birth WW
Austria Elisabeth Bergner actress 22.8.1900-1986 100.birth EB
Clara Klinghofer painter 1900-70 100.birth WW
Helene Weigel actress manager 1900-72 100.birth CB
Bahamas Wilhelmina Kemp Johnstone poet 1900- 100.birth
Albertha Madeline Isaacs community worker 18.4.1900- 100.birth WW
Belarus Sonya Kovalevskaya mathematician novelist 15.1.1850-91 150.birth EB* JU
Belgium Vina Bovy soprano 22.5.1900-93 100.birth DO
Brazil Lucia Nogueira artist 22.2.1950-98 50.birth
Canada Marguerite Bourgeoys educator of girls 1620-1700 300.death 1975 stamp
Isabella Crawford poet 25.12.1850-87 150.birth EB
Canada Germaine Guevremont novelist 1900-68 100.birth EB
Norma Shearer actress 10.8.1900-83 100.birth EB84
China Bing Xin children's writer 5.10.1900-88 100.birth EB JU
CAI Chang women's leader 1900-90 100.birth CB
Dominican Rep Salome Urena de Henriquez writer educator 1850-97 150.birth
France Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy fairy-tale writer c1650-1705 350.birth EB
Gina Cigna soprano 6.3.1900- 100.birth DO
Marguerite DeLaunay writer -15.6.1750 250.death
Marion Delorme salon hostess 1613-2.7.1650 350.death EB
Genevieve patron saint of Paris c422-c500 1500.death EB
Paule Mink politician feminist 1839-1900 100.death JU
Madeleine Renaud actress 21.2.1900-95 100.birth WWW JU
Natalie Sarraute novelist 18.7.1900- 100.birth EB WWW JU
Agnes Sorel stateswoman c1422-9.2.1450 550.death EB
Aline Valette socialist feminist 1850-99 150.birth JU
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#CW Celebrate Women Birthday calendar of 1500 US women 1985/93 Margaret Zierdt 701 Roxboro Rd Rockville MD 20850
CB Chambers Biographies on CD-Rom (includes 2250 women) Larousse plc London W1P 7AD 1996
DA Dictionary of Art ISBN 1-884446-00-0 34 vols ed Jane Turner Macmillan London 1996
DO Dictionary of Opera ISBN 0-356-09700-5 Charles Osborne McDonald London 1983
DWC New Grove Dictionary of (875) Women Composers ISBN 0-333-515986 ed Julie Anne Sadie Macmillan London 1994
EB Encyclopaedia Britannica 1994 edition, or earlier Annual or Book of the Year (for events of previous year)
ELA Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature ISBN 1-884964-18-4 Verity Smith Fitzroy Dearborn Chicago 1997
EV Biographical Dictionary of [over 1000] British Women ISBN 0-905118-77-4 Elizabeth Vallance & others Europa 1983
IW (More) Missing Pieces - Women in Irish History ISBN 0-946211-17-5 Attic Press 48 Fleet Street Dublin 2
IWA Indian Women through the Ages ISBN 81-7488-143-3 5 vols ed O P Ralhan Amnol Publ New Delhi 110 002 1995
JU Macmillan Dictionary of [1750] Women's Biography ISBN 0-333-45303-4 Jennifer Uglow Macmillan 2nd edition 1989
LW [1000] Grosse Frauen der Weltgeschichte R Loewit Wiesbaden 197?
NAW Notable American Women 1607-1950 3 vols Edward T James Harvard Belknap paperback 1971
NAM [442] " " " Modern Period [1950-75] Barbara Sicherman & Carol H Green Harvard pbk 1984
AWA American Women Artists Charlotte Rubinstein ISBN 0-380-61101-5 Avon Boston pbk 1982
WA Women Artists 1550-1950 Ann Sutherland Harris etc ISBN 0-394-73326-6 LACMA Los Angeles pbk 1977
WL Bloomsbury Guide to [4000] Women's Literature ISBN 0 7475 0895 X ed Claire Buck Bloomsbury London 1992
WCG (100) Women Composers in Germany ed Roswitha Sperber Inter Nationes Bonn 1996
WW Who's Who 1897-1996 (includes 3600 women) ISBN 0-71-364519-9 A & C Black / Oxford Univ Press CD-Rom Sept 1996
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Country Woman of distinction Main Activity Lived Anniversary Reference#
(portrait*)
Georgia Vera Andzhaparidzi actress theatre founder 1900- 100.birth JU
Germany Erna Berger soprano 19.10.1900-90 100.birth DO
Hedwig Courths-Mahler novelist 1867-26.11.1950 50.death LW
Marie Cunitz astronomer c1600-64 400.birth JU
Maria Margareta Danzi singer 1768-1800 200.death WCG
Caroline Herschel astronomer 16.3.1750-1848 250.birth EB JU
Therese Krupp industrialist 1790-1850 150.death LW*
Luise Adolpha Le Beau composer 1850-1927 150.birth WCG*
Anna Seghers novelist socialist 19.11.1900-83 100.birth EB84
Greece Artemisia II queen botanist -350 BC 2350.death EB
Sappho Leontias writer educator 1832-1900 100.death JU
Katina Paxinou actress 1900-73 100.birth EB JU
Hungary Susanna Lorantffy educator religious writer 1600-60 400.birth 1945 stamp
India Kamalabai Gokhale pioneer film star 1900-97 100.birth
India Padmaja Naidu Governor West Bengal 1956-67 17.11.1900-75 100.birth IWA
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit stateswoman 18.8.1900-90 100.birth EB91 JU
Ireland Sara Allgood actress 1883-13.9.1950 50.death EB IW*
Mary Laetitia Bell Martin novelist philanthropist 1815-50 150.death IW
Brigid abbess saint c450-523 1550.birth JU
Sophie Bryant scholar writer 1850-1922 150.birth WW IW
Lily Comerford dancing teacher c1900-69 100.birth IW*
Margaret Sarah Dockrell local goverment pioneer 1850-1926 150.birth IW*
Ellen Duncan sponsor of the arts 1850-1937 150.birth DIB
Anna Maria Fielding writer 1800-81 200.birth IW
Anna Maria Hall author 1800-81 200.birth DIB
Hazel M Hornsby librarian 1900-80 100.birth IW
Christine Longford novelist playwright 1900-80 100.birth IW*
Sarah Makem folk singer 1900-83 100.birth IW
Eibhlin Dhubh Ni Chonaill poet c1743-1800 200.death IW
Katie O'Connor printer trade unionist 1900-83 100.birth IW*
Grace O'Malley sea captain c1530-1600 400.death JU
Molly O'Reilly freedom fighter c1900-50 50.death IW*
Ireland Margaret Stokes artist scholar 1832-1900 100.death IW
Eibhlin Bean Ui Choisdeailbh Gaelic scholar c1870-1950 50.death IW
Israel Anne Mother of Mary patron saint of carpenters 50BC-26.7.50 1950.death CB
Italy Gemma Bellincioni soprano 1864-1950 50.death DO
/ US Francesca Cabrini founder saint 1850-1917 150.birth JU
Giovanna Garzoni painter 1600-70 400.birth WA
Teresa Noce socialist feminist 1900- 100.birth JU
Galla Placidia Augusta stateswoman 388-450 1550.death JU
Jamaica Edna Manley sculptor 1.3.1900-1987 100.birth DA
Japan Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto writer educator c1874-1950 50.death
Mexico Malinche (Marina) Mayan princess guide c1501-50 450.death JU
Netherlands Judith Leyster painter 1609-60 400.death DA
Rachel Ruysch painter 1664-12.8.1750 250.death DA WA
New Zealand Elizabeth Sinclair farmer 1800-92 200.birth PP*
Nigeria Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti feminist 25.10.1900-78 100.birth JU
Norway / US Martha Ostenso novelist poet humorist 17.9.1900-63 100.birth
Norway Johanne Dybwad actress producer 1867-1950 50.death 1967 stamp
Paraguay Dora Acuna poet 1900-53 100.birth WL
Philippines Marina DIZON Santiago freedom fighter 1875-25.10.1950 50.death
Poland Helena Syrkus architect 14.5.1900-82 100.birth DA JU
Portugal Leonor d'Almeida writer 1750-1839 250.birth
Guilhermina Suggia cellist 1888-31.7.1950 50.death JU WW
Russia Maria Ivanovna Babanova actress 1900- 100.birth JU
Saudi Arabia Layla al-Akhyaliyya poet -c700 1300.death WL
Slovakia Zuska Zguriska novelist 1900-84 100.birth WL
South Africa Constance kaDinuzulu Zulu musicologist 1900-84 100.birth EB85
Spain Victoria Kamhi de Rodrigo pianist librettist c1900-97 100.birth
Sweden Victoria Benedictsson novelist 6.3.1850-88 150.birth EB
Karin Boye novelist poet 12.10.1900-41 100.birth EB
Switzerland Pauline Chaponniere-Chaix women's rights leader 1850-1934 150.birth NCE p 363
Marie Tussaud wax-modeller 1761-16.4.1850 150.death JU
Louise-Eleanore Warens philanthropist 1700-62 300.birth EB
Thailand Sangwal Mahidol princess mother humanitarian 21.10.1900-95 100.birth
Tonga Salote Tupou III queen stateswoman 13.3.1900-65 100.birth
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Country Woman of distinction Main Activity Lived Anniversary Reference#
(portrait*)
United Kingdom Mary Anning paleontologist 1800-47 200.birth EV
Evelyn Bark Red Cross worker 26.12.1900-93 100.birth WW
Anne Barnard Scottish ballad writer 8.12.1750-1825 250.birth EB
Joan Bocher Anabaptist martyr -2.5.1550 450.death EB
Evangeline Booth Salvation Army general 1865-17.10.1950 50.death JU WW
Helen Bradley painter 1900-79 100.birth EB80
Sidney Jane Browne nursing leader 5.1.1850-1941 150.birth WW
Kate Carney music-hall entertainer 1869-1950 50.death JU
Mary Lucy Cartwright mathematician 17.12.1900- 100.birth IWW
Joan Cross soprano opera producer 7.9.1900-93 100.birth DO JU
Mary Delaney writer floral artist 1700-88 300.birth EB
Annabella Drummond generous Scottish queen c1350-1402 650.birth EV
Elizabeth queen consort 4.8.1900- 100.birth EB76 JU
Honor Fell cell biologist 22.5.1900-86 100.birth JU
Annis Calder Gillie 1900-85 100.birth WW
Barbara Goolden novelist 5.6.1900-90 100.birth WW
Elizabeth Goudge novelist children's writer 24.4.1900-84 100.birth WW
Barbara Greg artist wood engraver 30.4.1900-83 100.birth WW
Nell Gwyn actress 2.2.1650-87 350.birth EB JU*
Joanne Mary Hallifax Central Pres Mothers Union 28.11.1900-72 100.birth WW
Jane Harrison classical scholar 9.9.1850-1928 150.birth WW JU
Elizabeth Hill Slavonic scholar 24.10.1900- 100.birth WW
Catherine Madox Brown Hueffer Pre-Raphaelite painter 1850-1927 150.birth
Mary Kingsley West African explorer 1862-3.6.1900 100.death EB EV
Evelyn Laye actress singer 10.7.1900-96 100.birth WW
Honor Fell cell biologist 22.5.1900-86 100.birth JU
Annis Calder Gillie 1900-85 100.birth WW
Barbara Goolden novelist 5.6.1900-90 100.birth WW
Elizabeth Goudge novelist children's writer 24.4.1900-84 100.birth WW
Barbara Greg artist wood engraver 30.4.1900-83 100.birth WW
Nell Gwyn actress 2.2.1650-87 350.birth EB JU*
Joanne Mary Hallifax Central Pres Mothers Union 28.11.1900-72 100.birth WW
Jane Harrison classical scholar 9.9.1850-1928 150.birth WW JU
Elizabeth Hill Slavonic scholar 24.10.1900- 100.birth WW
Catherine Madox Brown Hueffer Pre-Raphaelite painter 1850-1927 150.birth
Mary Kingsley West African explorer 1862-3.6.1900 100.death EB EV
Evelyn Laye actress singer 10.7.1900-96 100.birth WW
Margaret Henderson MacDonald Scottish pioneering lawyer 1900-89 100.birth WW CB
May McKisack medieval historian 30.3.1900-81 100.birth WW
Ethel Mannin novelist 1900-84 100.birth WW
Mabel Mercer contralto 3.2.1900-84 100.birth EB85
Marion Milner psychoanalyst 1900- 100.birth JU
Elizabeth Montagu intellectual hostess 1720-25.8.1800 200.death EB
Jemima Nicholas Welsh heroine 1750-1832 250.birth
Frances Catherine Partridge writer pacifist 15.3.1900- 100.birth WW
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchin astronomer 1900-79 100.birth
Claudia Parsons engineer traveller writer 15.8.1900-98 100.birth
Mary Potter painter 9.4.1900-81 100.birth EB82
Susan Penelope Rose portrait painter c1652-1700 300.death WA
Elizabeth Miriam Sprigge writer Swedish translator 19.6.1900-74 100.birth WW
Elizabeth Ann Yarwood Manchester city councillor 25.11.1900-89 100.birth WW
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Country Woman of distinction Main Activity Lived Anniversary Reference#
(portrait*)
United States Emma Abbott soprano 9.12.1850-91 150.birth DO
Lilian Armstrong jazz pianist singer 1900-77 100.birth CW JU
Dorothy Arzner film director 3.1.1900-79 100.birth CW JU
Alice Stone Blackwell suffragist editor 1857-15.3.1950 50.death EB
Hallie Quinn Brown black women's leader 10.3.1850-1949 150.birth EB CW
Jennie Brownscombe narrative painter 10.12.1850-1936 150.birth AWA CW
Janet Taylor Caldwell novelist 1900-85 100.birth CB
Hattie Caraway first US Senator (Arkansas) 1878-21.12.1950 50.death EB CW
Karen Carpenter singer 2.3.1950-83 50.birth EB84
Kate Chopin novelist 8.2.1850-1904 150.birth CW JU
Georgia Neese Clark (first woman) US Treasurer 27.1.1900-95 100.birth
Jennie Conklin author philanthropist 1841-1900 100.death IX
Jane Cowl playwright actress 1883-22.6.1950 50.death EB
Dat So La Lee - Louisa Keyser Washoe basket-weaver c1850-1925 150.birth
Helen Gahagan Douglas actress politician 25.11.1900-80 100.birth EB81
Mary Ellis actress singer author 15.6.1900- 100.birth WW
Zelda Fitzgerald writer 1900-48 100.birth JU
Alice French novelist 1850-1934 150.birth WW
Margaret Fuller woman of letters 1810-19.7.50 150.death EB
Josephine Goldmark labor reformer 1877-15.12.1950 50.death EB JU
Isabel Hapgood translator critic 21.11.1850-1928 150.birth CW NAW
Helen Hayes actress 10.10.1900-93 100.birth EB94* JU
Laura Zametkin Hobson novelist 18.6.1900-1986 100.birth EB
Adaline Kent sculptor 1900-57 100.birth AWA
Mary Elizabeth Lease Kansas labor reformer 11.9.1850-1933 150.birth CW JU
Julia Marlowe actress 1866-12.11.1950 50.death EB
Edna St Vincent Millay poet 1892-19.10.1950 50.death EB JU
Margaret Mitchell author 8.11.1900-49 100.birth EB CW
Barbara Morgan photographer 1900-92 100.birth
Mary Noailles Murfree writer 24.1.1850-1922 150.birth EB
Ellen Spencer Mussey lawyer suffragist 13.5.1850-1936 150.birth CW JU
Alice Neel painter printmaker 28.1.1900-84 100.birth DA WA
Betty Parsons painter collector 31.1.1900-82 100.birth DA AWA
Mary Mills Patrick educator in Turkey 10.3.1850-1940 150.birth CW NAW
Sarah Miriam Peale painter 19.5.1800-1885 200.birth CW NAW
Annie Peck mountaineer suffragist 19.10.1850-1935 150.birth CW JU
Charlotte Ray first black woman lawyer 13.1.1850-1911 150.birth EB
Sarah Pugh abolitionist 6.10.1800-84 200.birth CW
Malvina Reynolds singer composer 25.8.1900-78 100.birth CW
Augusta Savage black sculptor 29.2.1900-62 100.birth CW AWA
Concetta Scaravaglione sculptor 1900-75 100.birth AWA
Tess Slesinger novelist 1900-45 100.birth CB
Agnes Smedley foreign correspondent c1892-1950 50.death NAW
Mary Switzer rehabilitation worker 16.2.1900-71 100.birth CW NAM
Miriam Underhill mountaineer c1900- 100.birth JU
Beatrice Lamberton Warde historian of typography 20.9.1900-69 100.birth WW
June Walker actress 14.6.1900-66 100.birth EB67
Susan Catherine Waters animal painter 1823-1900 100.death AWA
Elsie de Wolfe interior decorator 1865-12.7.1950 50.death EB
Zimbabwe Mary Cosgrave/Mother Patrick Irish pioneer educator 1863-1900 100.death