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Viola Clara Smith (née Schmitz; November 29, 1912 – October 21, 2020) was an American drummer best known for her work in orchestras, swing bands, and popular music from the 1920s until 1975. She was one of the first professional female drummers.
Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
1912 Harriet Quimby: First woman to fly across the English Channel. [12] 1912 Rayna Kasabova: First woman to participate in a military flight during the Siege of Odrin. 1914 Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya: First woman commissioned as a military pilot; she flew reconnaissance missions for the Czar in 1914. [13] [14] 1915 Marie Marvingt
Frances Faye (November 4, 1912 – November 8, 1991) was an American cabaret and show tune singer and pianist. Born to a working-class Jewish family in Brooklyn , New York City, she was a second cousin of Danny Kaye .
This is a partial list of 20th-century women artists, sorted alphabetically by decade of birth.These artists are known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art, performance art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
Hugh Hefner, the man who created a magazine empire, died Wednesday at the age of 91. His legacy includes some of the most famous Playboy playmates ever to grace the cover and go one to become ...
Nora Gal (1912–1991) Constance Garnett (1861–1946) Svetlana Geier; Sylvie Gentil (1958–2017) Anna Gerasimova; María José Giménez [5] Barbara Godard (1942–2010) Leah Goldberg (1911–1970) Ann Goldstein; Eleanor Goodman; Luise Gottsched (1713–1762) Lucia Graves; Edith Grossman; Katia Grubisic; Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895)
Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an American actor, singer, nightclub comedian, producer, and philanthropist. He created and starred in The Danny Thomas Show. In addition to guest roles on many of the comedy, talk, and musical variety programs of his time, his legacy includes a lifelong ...