SEPTEMBER 28: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Hilda Geiringer

Hilda Geiringer was an Austrian-born mathematician who worked in Statistics and Mechanics. She was born today in 1893.

Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp

Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp — and a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives inspired the musical and film The Sound of Music. She was born today in 1914.

Margot Elisabeth Wallström, a Swedish politician and member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, was born today in 1954.

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