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December 13
This Day in Women's History



1621 – Catherine Stenbock, Swedish wife of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)

1814 – Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse (d. 1880)

1818: Mary Todd Lincoln born (First Lady)

1862: Battle of Fredericksburg. Frank Thompson, aide to Colonel Orlando M. Poe, was born as Sarah Edmonds (Edmonson or Edmondson). Later, she worked as a nurse for the US Christian Commission and published a book of Civil War experiences. She was granted a veteran's pension in 1882.

1871 – Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (d. 1945)

1883: Belle da Costa Greene born (librarian, bibliographer)

1903 – Ella Baker, American civil rights activist (d. 1986)

1906 – Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Greek wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1968)

1928 – Eve Meyer, American model and actress (d. 1977)

1941 – Anouska Hempel, New Zealand-English hotelier and former actress

1942 – Anna Eshoo, American politician

1944 – Marti Webb, English actress and singer

1944 – Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)

1945 – Irma Grese, German concentration camp warden (b. 1923)

1945 – Elisabeth Volkenrath, Polish-German concentration camp supervisor (b. 1919)

1945 – Kathy Garver, American actress

1947 – Darlene Cates, American actress

1948 – Lillian Board, South African-English sprinter (d. 1970)

1949 – R. A. MacAvoy, American fantasy author

1949 – Paula Wilcox, English actress

1950 – Linda Bellos, English businesswoman, politician and gay rights activist

1950 – Wendie Malick, American actress and model

1950 – Heather North, American actress

1950 – Julia Slingo, British meteorologist

1954 – Emma Bull, American author

1954 – Tamora Pierce, American fantasy author

1956 – Majida El Roumi, Lebanese soprano and actress

1958 – Lynn-Holly Johnson, American figure skater and actress

1960 – Dora Marsden, English author and women's suffragist (b. 1882)

1961 – Grandma Moses, American painter (b. 1860)

1961 – Irene Sáez, Venezuelan model and politician, Miss Universe 1981 and former Governor of Nueva Esparta

1965 – Jackie Clune, English actress and singer

1967 – NeNe Leakes, American actress

1970 – Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountaineer

1971 – Naomi Long, Northern Irish politician, MP for Belfast East

1971 – Leanne Wood, Welsh politician, leader of Plaid Cymru

1972 – Niki Evans, English singer

1973 – Christie Clark, American actress

1974 – Sara Cox, English television and radio host

1974 – Debbie Matenopoulos, American actress and television host

1980 – Swastika Mukherjee, Indian actress

1981 – Amy Lee, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Evanescence)

1984 – Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Finnish swimmer

1986 – Heather Angel, English actress (b. 1909)

1986 – Ella Baker, American civil rights activist (b, 1903)

1986 – Smita Patil, Indian actress (b. 1955)

1989 – Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

1989 – Katherine Schwarzenegger, American author, daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver

1989 – Dasha Kapustina, Russian model

1993 – Vanessa Duriès, French author (b. 1972)

1995 – Ann Nolan Clark, American author (b. 1896)

2004 – Bernarda Bryson, American artist and children's book illustrator (b. 1903)

2008 – Kathy Staff, English actress (b. 1928)

2012 – Natalya Kustinskaya, Russian actress (b. 1938)

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/12calendar/a/1213calendar.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_13