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    Who was the first woman to make a parachute jump?

    Question #5416. Asked by shantaram.

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    The first woman to make a parachute jump was GENEVIEVE LABROSSE from a balloon.

    Georgia 'Tiny' Broadwick, at age fifteen, became the first woman to parachute from a plane (1913) and went on to accumulate a lifetime total of 1,100 jumps.

    http://www.hickoksports.com/history/sportparachuting.shtml

    [Link added -- Zb]



    Aug 27 00, 5:41 AM

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