today in women's herstory-5 december

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December 5
This Day in Women's History



1741 - -6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers

1484: Pope issues bull "Summis desiderantes" appointing Henry Krämer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors. They publish Malleus Maleficarum in 1486, documenting "evidence" of witchcraft and defining how to accuse, test, sentence and execute witches. Torture is prescribed. Initiates several centuries of persecution.

1784: Phillis Wheatley died (poet; last poem published in April 1776, addressed to George Washington)

1822 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American academic, co-founded Radcliffe College (d. 1907)

1830 – Christina Rossetti, English poet (d. 1894)

1856: Alice Brown born (writer)

1886 – Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (d. 1968)

1887 – Eliza R. Snow, American poet (b. 1804)

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

1896 - (Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author

1898 - Grace Moore, Slabtown, Tennessee, American soprano (One Night of Love)

1912 - Maisie Fitter, editor/conservationist

1916 – Margaret Hayes, American film and television actress (d. 1977)

1925 - Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78

1934 – Joan Didion, American author

1935 - National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)

1938 - Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54

1939 – Minita Chico-Nazario, Filipino jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

1941 - Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved

1943 – Eva Joly, Norwegian-French politician, MEP for Île-de-France

1951 - Morgan Brittany, [Suzanne Cupito], LA Cal, actress (Katherine-Dallas)

1951 – Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian painter and illustrator

1953 – Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist

1953 – Elizabeth Neville, English police officer, former Chief Constable of Wiltshire

1955 – E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

1957 – Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician

1961 – Sophia Vossou, Greek singer

1962 - Connie Needham Newton, Anaheim California, actress (Elizabeth-8 is Enough)

1963 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress (d. 2002)

1966 – Patricia Kaas, French singer-songwriter and actress

1968 – Margaret Cho, American comedian and actress

1968 – Lisa Marie, American model and actress

1968 – Lydia Millet, American author

1969 – Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)

1971 – Kali Rocha, American actress

1972 – Angela Shelton, American actress, screenwriter, and producer

1973 – Shalom Harlow, Canadian model and actress

1973 – Danielle Winits, Brazilian actress

1975 – Paula Patton, American actress

1975 – Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (b. 1897)

1976 – Amy Acker, American actress

1976 – Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer

1977 – Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)

1995 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (b. 1920)

1995 – Lisa McPherson, American homicide victim (b. 1959) former scientologist

1997 - Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer, dies at 93

2008 – Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)

2008 – Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)

2009 – Vimolchatra, Thai princess (b. 1921)

2012 – Sarah Kirsch, American singer and guitarist (Fuel, Pinhead Gunpowder, and Fifteen) (b. 1970)

2012 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b. 1909)

http://www.historyorb.com/deaths/december/5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_5

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/12calendar/a/1205calendar.htm