Edith Clark

Edith Georgette Clark (also known as Edith Boiteux, 15 June 1904 – 16 March 1937) was a French aviator and parachutist. Biography Clark was born in Cuffy, in the Cher region of France, on 15 June 1904. She worked as a typist and became interested in aviation; however, she could not afford the expenses of flying lessons on her salary. Instead, she started parachuting and earned money testing different types of military parachutes. She also aimed to set a record for jumping from the lowest permitted altitude, and performed stunts such as jumping from the top of a fire engine ladder in Bucharest, and from the roof of the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris, which was only above the ground. In 1926, Clark joined a Freemasons Lodge in Paris, and became the secretary of the lodge. Clark accompanied Madeleine Charnaux in her attempts to break altitude records, and on 29 January 1935 she was a passenger when Charnaux flew to , the altitude record for light aircraft.