Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin
FRENCH BALLOONIST, PARACHUTIST, AND AVIATION PIONEER (1775-1847)
Jeanne-Geneviève Labrosse; Jeanne Genevieve Labrosse; Jeanne Labrosse; Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse
Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin (née Labrosse, 7 March 1775–14 June 1847) was a French balloonist and parachutist. She was the first to ascend solo and the first woman to make a parachute descent (in the gondola), from an altitude of on 12 October 1799.