American educator, preacher, deaconess Bertha Gifford (1871-1951), American serial killer Bertha Lund Glaeser (1862-1939), American physician Bertha Gxowa (1934-2010), South African anti-apartheid activist, trade unionist, and women's rights activist Bertha Hart, American mathematician Bertha "Chippie" Hill (1905–1950), American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer Bertha von Hillern (born 1857), American athlete and painter Bertha Hosang Mah (1896 – 1959), Canadian student Bertha Kalich (1874–1939), Jewish actress Bertha Krupp (1886–1957), sole proprietor of the Krupp industrial empire from 1902 to 1943 Bertha Knight Landes (1868–1943), first female mayor of a major American city (Seattle, Washington) Bertha Lewis (1887–1931), English opera singer and actress Bertha Mahony (1882–1969), publisher of children's literature Bertha Palmer (1849–1918), American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936), Austrian-Jewish feminist and social pioneer Bertha Lee Pate (1903–1975), American blues vocalist Bertha Quinn (1873–1951), British suffragette and socialist, recipient of Papal Medal Bertha Ronge (1818–1863), Anglo-German kindergarten activist Bertha Runkle (1879–1958), American novelist and playwright Bertha Sánchez (born 1978), Colombian long-distance runner Bertha Schrader (1845-1920), German painter, lithographer, and woodblock print-maker Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Austrian novelist and pacifist Bertha Swirles (1903–1999), English physicist and applied mathematician Bertha Tammelin, (1836–1915), Swedish musician, composer and singer Bertha Teague (1906–1991), Hall of Fame basketball coach Bertha Townsend (1869–1909), American tennis player Bertha L. Turner (1867–1938), American caterer, cookbook author, and community leader Bertha Valerius (1824–1895), Swedish photographer Bertha Yerex Whitman (1892–1984), American architect Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), German photographer Bertha Wilson (1923–2007), first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Bertha M. Wilson (1874–1936), American dramatist, critic, actress Bertha Zück (1797–1868), German-Swedish royal treasurer Other uses Bertha (disambiguation) Big Bertha (disambiguation) External links http://www.behindthename.com/name/bertha Given names English feminine given names Surnames German feminine given names de:Bertha it:Bertha nl:Bertha pt:Bertha ru:Берта