Jeannette Piccard
(1895-1981)
American balloonist, scientist, teacher and priest
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Jeannette Ridlon Piccard ( jə-NET pih-KAR; 1895–1981) was an American high-altitude balloonist, and in later life an Episcopal priest. 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.
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5 January 1895 Chicago, Illinois
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| Died |
17 May 1981 (aged 86) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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