Famous Women On Stamps And Covers

Malgorzata Fornalska (1902-1944) was a Polish communist activist who was repeatedly imprisoned by the Polish authorities, and was ultimately arrested and executed by the Gestapo during World War II. In 1948, Fornalska was posthumously awarded the military decoration of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, First Class. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Malgorzata Fornalska, designed by Marian Romuald Polak, engraved by Stefan Lukaszewski, and issued by Poland on January 18, 1952 as one of a set of two stamps commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Polish Workers' Party, Scott No. 535, plus a photo of the activist which may have been the model (in mirror-image; note the way her hair is parted) for this stamp's design.

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No mole either.

Malgorzata Fornalska + 1




(Hi guykickinit, it is a smudge on foto of Malgorzata in nethryk post)

On December 24, 1949, Marie Koré (1910-1953) was a leader of the heroic Ivorian women's march on the French colonial prison at Grand-Bassam to demand the release of their husbands. Stopped on the bridge connecting the French Quarter to the rest of the city, the women were beaten and sprayed with acid. Although failing to obtain the release of their husbands, these brave women won a historic victory for daring to confront the French authorities with their bare hands. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Marie Koré and the emblem for International Women's Year, designed and engraved by Pierre Forget, and issued by Ivory Coast on May 19, 1975, Scott No. 396.

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Sister Nivedita (born Margaret Elizabeth Noble, 1867-1911) was a Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher, disciple of Swami Vivekananda, and the founder of the Ramkrishna Sarada Mission Sister Nivedita Girls' School. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Sister Nivedita, printed by photogravure, and issued by India on October 27, 1968 to honor her as a friend of India, Scott No. 475, plus an image of a photo of Sister Nivedita which was the model for this stamp's design.

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Maria van Riebeeck (born Maria de la Quellerie, 1629-1664) was the wife of Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the settlement at the Cape Colony. Maria de la Quellerie has been referred to as the ancestral mother of the white Afrikaners. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Maria, printed by photogravure, and issued by South Africa on March 14, 1952 as one of a set of five stamps commemorating the tercentenary of the landing of Jan van Riebeeck, Scott No. 116, plus an image of a painted portrait of Maria de la Quellerie.

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Happy Birthday to Saint Clare of Assisi (1194-1253), an Italian saint who founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life, the first monastic rule known to have been written by a woman. Following her death, the order was renamed in her honor as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to today as the Poor Clares. Here is an image of a stamp featuring depicting St. Clare and the San Damiano Convent in Assisi where she died in 1253, designed by E. Pizzi, printed by photogravure, and issued by Italy on June 27, 1953 to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the saint's death, Scott No. 625, plus an image of a detail depicting Saint Clare from a fresco (1312–20) by Italian painter Simone Martini (c. 1284-1344) in the lower Basilica of San Francesco, Assisi, which served as a model for this stamp's design.

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Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro di Garibaldi, best known as Anita Garibaldi, (August 30, 1821 – August 4, 1849) was the Brazilian wife and comrade-in-arms of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. (Wikipedia)

Louise Weiss (1893-1983) was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician who campaigned for women's suffrage. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Weiss, designed by French artist Huguette Sainson, engraved by Claude Durrens, and issued by France on May 15, 1993 to commemorate Weiss's birth cnetenary, Scott No. 2361, Y&T No. 2809, plus a photograph of Louise Weiss in 1988.

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Famous women

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, LSA, MD (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917), was an English physician and feminist, the first Englishwoman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in Britain, the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first dean of a British medical school, the first female M.D. in France, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as Mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor and magistrate in Britain. (Wikipedia)

Danielle Casanova (born as Vincentelli Perini, 1909-1943) was a French militant communist and member of the French resistance who founded the Union des jeunes filles de France ("French Girls' Union"). Arrested by the French police in early 1943, Casanova was transported to Auschwitz, where she died of typhus. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of the resistance heroine, designed by French artist Huguette Sainson, engraved by Georges Bétemps, and issued by France on March 8, 1983, Scott No. 1861, Y&T No. 2259, plus a photo of Danielle Casanova which was probably the model for this stamp's design.

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