Katharina von Bora Katharina von Bora Katharina von Bora (; January 29, 1499 – December 20, 1552), after her wedding Katharina Luther, also referred to as "die Lutherin", was the wife of Martin Luther, German reformer and a seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. Beyond what is found in the writings of Luther and some of his contemporaries, little is known about her. Despite this, Katharina is often considered one of the most important participants of the Reformation because of her role in helping to define Protestant family life and setting the tone for clergy marriages. Katharina von Bora was the daughter to
Catharine Littlefield Greene Catharine Littlefield Greene Catharine Littlefield "Caty" Greene Miller (17 February 1755 – 2 September 1814) was the wife of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. She was the mother of five, and noted for being a supporter of the inventor Eli Whitney. Catharine Littlefield was born on February 17, 1755, off the coast of Washington County, Rhode Island, on Block Island, where her family had settled in the 1660s. Beginning in 1772, she was courted by Nathanael Greene, a fellow Rhode Islander a dozen or so years her senior. The couple was married in July 1774, but less than