balloonist
Jeannette Piccard.
American balloonist, scientist, teacher and priest (1895-1981)
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About Jeannette Piccard
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard was an American high-altitude balloonist, and in later life an Episcopal priest, one of the Philadelphia Eleven. She held the women's altitude record for nearly three decades, and according to several contemporaneous accounts was regarded as the first woman in space.
Everything about Jeannette Piccard →- Occupation
- balloonist, Anglican priest
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 5, 1895
- Died
- May 17, 1981