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Pearce, T. H.

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.

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

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

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Goerch, Carl

Do you know the name of the first person in the world who ever made a parachute jump from a hydroplane or an airplane? She was a woman and her name is Mrs. Harry Brown; she is known as Tiny Broadwick and narrow escapes from death are too numerous for her to recall.

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 27, Dec 1945, p3-5, f Periodical Website

Parachuting; Skydivers--North Carolina--Biography; Brown, Georgia Thompson (Tiny Broadwick), 1893-1978