Record #:

9380

Author(s):

Pearce, T. H.

Abstract:

Tiny Broadwicke, of Henderson, became a worldwide attraction as a parachutist starting with her first jump at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh in 1908. Later she became the first woman to parachute from a plane and the first person to make a premeditated “Free Fall” parachute jump.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 8, Jan 1975, p8-12, il, por

Subject(s):

Women stunt performers; Parachuting; North Carolina--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763; Brown, Georgia Thompson (Tiny Broadwick), 1893-1978