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JANUARY BIRTHDATE CALENDAR1 NANCY LOPEZ-1952-PROFESSIONAL GOLFER
TERRY MOORE-1932-ACTRESS
ROCHELLE S. ABRAMSON-1953-VIOLINIST
2 MARIANNE McDONALD-1937-CLASSICIST, PHILANTHROPIST (LIVING LEGACY AWARD 1986, 11TH WOMAN AWARD. INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, WOMEN'S INT'L CENTER.
RENATA TEBALDI-1922-OPERA SINGER
MARTHA CAREY THOMAS,(1857-1935) EDUCATOR,CHAMPIONED EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN, HELPED FOUND, FIRST DEAN, THEN PRESIDENT BRYN MAWR COLLEGE; SUFFRAGIST.
3 DOROTHY ARNZER (1900-?) FILM DIRECTOR, EMPHASIZING STRONG ROLES FOR WOMEN
LUCRETIA MOTT (1793-1880) LEADER IN ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT; ADVOCATE OF EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
MAXINE ANDREWS-1918-SINGER (ANDREW SISTERS)
ZAZU PITTS (1898-1963) COMEDIC ACTRESS
4 JANE WYMAN-1914-ACTRESS, WORKER WITH ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION
GRACE BUMBRY-1937-OPERA SINGER
BARBARA RUSH-1930-ACTRESS
DYAN CANNON-1937-ACTRESS
5 PAMELA SUE MARTIN-1954-ACTRESS
6 LORETTA YOUNG-1913-ACTRESS
LEAH CHASE-1923-MASTER CHEF, IN THE CREOLE TRADITION
BARBARA LYNN ALEXANDER-1942-AWARD WINNING FILM PRODUCER
7 SAINT BERNADETTE (MARIE-BERNARDE SOUBIROUS), 1844-1879-RELIGIOUS VISIONARY
8 EMILY GREEN BALCH (1867-1961)-ECONOMIST, SOCIAL SCIENTIST, PACIFIST. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, 1946.
SHIRLEY BASSEY-1937-SINGER
YVETTE MIMIEUX-1939-ACTRESS
9 JOAN BAEZ-1941-FOLK SINGER, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
SIMONE de BEAUVOIR (1902-1987) NOVELIST, EASAYIST, FEMINIST
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT (1859-1947) WOMEN'S RIGHTS LEADER
GRACIE FIELDS (1898-1979) FAMED MUSIC HALL PERFORMER-ENGLAND/US
SUSANNAH YORK (1941-1991) ACTRESS
CRYSTAL GAYLE-1951-COUNTRY/WESTERN SINGER
10 GRACE MITCHELL-1909-EDUCATOR FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1988
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975) ABSTRACT SCULPTOR, NAMED DAME OF BRITISH EMPIRE, 1965.
GISELE McKENZIE-1927-SINGER
PAT BENATAR-1953-SINGER
11 EVA LA GALLIENNE (1899-1992) ACTRESS
TRACY CALKINS-1963-CHAMPION SWIMMER
ALICE PAUL (1885-1977) FOUNDER WORLD WOMAN'S PARTY; NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY; WORKED TIRELESSLY TO KEEP ERA ALIVE
12 PATSY KELLY (1910-?) COMEDIC ACTRESS
MARILYN R. SMITH-1950-MICROBIOLOGIST
LUISE RAINER-1909-ACTRESS
13 BELLA LEWITSKY-1916-CHOREOGRAPHER
SOPHIE TUCKER (1884-1966) SINGER, VAUDEVILLE STAR. "LAST OF THE RED HOT MAMAS"
GWEN VERDON-1925-DANCER, ACTRESS
14 FAYE DUNAWAY-1941-ACTRESS
CATERINA VALENTI-1931-SINGER
SYDNEY BIDDLE BARROW-1952-MAYFLOWER MADAM
15 MARGARET O'BRIEN-1937-ACTRESS
MARIA SCHELL-1926-ACTRESS
CHARO-1951-ENTERTAINER, SINGER
SONYA KURTOVSKY KOVALEVSKY (1850-1891), MATHEMETICIAN, FIRST WOMAN TO BE ADMITTED TO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, RUSSIA
16 MARILYN HORNE-1934-OPERA SINGER
KATY JUARDO-1924-ACTRESS
17 BETTY WHITE-1924-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE, ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1988. WIC- EXEC. ADVISORY COUNCIL.
ALVA VANDERBILT BEAUMONT (1853-1933) WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND ACTIVIST
JEWEL PLUMMER COBB-1924-EDUCATOR. PRESIDENT, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV. AT FULLERTON.
SHARI LEWIS-1934-SINGER, TV AND CLUB ENTERTAINER
MORA SHEARER-1926-DANCER, ACTRESS
ANNE BRONTE (1820-1849) NOVELIST, POET
18 CONSTANCE MOORE-1922-ACTRESS
19 OVETA CULP HOBBY-1905-GOV'T OFFICIAL, NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER, EDITOR AND CEO, HOUSTON POST, FIRST DIRECTOR WACS; FIRST SECRETARY OF HEW.
DOLLY PARTON-1946-SINGER, SONGWRITER, ACTRESS
JEAN STAPLETON-1923-ACTRESS
JANIS JOPLIN (1943-1970) ROCK SINGER
SHELLEY FABARES-1942-ACTRESS
20 PATRICIA NEAL-1926-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN-PN REHABILITATION CLINICS FOR STROKE ACCIDENT PATIENTS. WIC NATIONAL CHAIRWOMAN, PN COURAGE AWARD NAME-SAKE, RECEIVED LLA IN 1986.
EVA JESSYE-1895-ACTRESS, CHORAL DIRECTOR
JEAN STAPLETON-1923-ACTRESS
21 MAUREEN STAPLETON-1925-ACTRESS
GEENA DAVIS-1957-ACTRESS
22 ANN SOTHERN-1909-ACTRESS
ROSA PONSELLE (1897-?) OPERA DIVA
MARGARET WHITING (1924) BIG BAND SINGER
LINDA BLAIR-1959-ACTRESS
23 CHITA RIVERA-1933-ACTRESS/DANCER
JEANNE MOREAU-1928-ACTRESS
24 MARIA TALLCHIEF-1925-DANCER, ACTRESS
VICKI BAUM (188-1960)-NOVELIST [GRAND HOTEL]
EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) NOVELIST
25 VIRGINIA WOOLFE (1882-1941) NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT, SCREENWRITER, FEMINIST
MILDRED DUNNOCK-1904-ACTRESS
CORAZON AQUINO-1933-PRESIDENT OF PHILIPPINES, SINCE 1986, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1991
26 MARY ELIZABETH DODGE [Nee MAPES] (1831-1905) EDITOR AND AUTHOR
ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS-1944-MILITANT, ACTIVIST, EDUCATOR
EARTHA KITT-1928-SINGER
SHERIAN GRACE CADORIA-1943-BRIGADIER GENERAL, U.S. ARMY. HIGHEST RANKING BLACK WOMAN IN ARMED SERVICES.
ANNE JEFFEREYS-1923-ACTRESS
27 INGRID THULIN-1929-ACTRESS
28 SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE [PSEUD. WILLY] (1873-1954),NOVELIST. FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF GONCOURT ACADEMY. OFFICER OF FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR.
29 OPRAH WINFREY-1954-ACTRESS, TELEVISION PERSONALITY-HOSTESS, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE
ANN JILLIAN-1951-ACTRESS, ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH
KATHERINE ROSS-1943-ACTRESS
30 ELEANOR SMEAL-1939-FEMINIST, FORMER PRESIDENT OF NOW
VANESSA REDGRAVE-1937-ACTRESS
TAMMY GRIMES-1936-ACTRESS, SINGER
VICTORIA PRINCIPAL-1946-ACTRESS
DOROTHY MALONE-1925-ACTRESS
31 CAROL CHANNING-1923-ACTRESS,SINGER,ENTERTAINER QUEEN BEATRIX OF THE NETHERLANDS-1938-RULING MONARCH JEAN SIMMONS-1929-ACTRESS
TALLULAH BANKHEAD (1903-1968) ACTRESS, VITAMIN HEALTH ADVOCATE
SUZANNE PLECHETTE-1937-ACTRESS
JOANNE DRU-1937-ACTRESS
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