Orange County Historical Museum - On June 21, 1913, Tiny Broadwick of Oxford, NC became the first woman to jump from an airplane. Broadwick still holds a place in The Guinness Book
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Tiny Broadwick: The First Lady of Parachuting: Roberson, Elizabeth: 9781565547803: Amazon.com: Books
![Photograph: Miss Tiny Broadwick, Aeronaut - Women in North Carolina 20th Century History - North Carolina Digital Collections Photograph: Miss Tiny Broadwick, Aeronaut - Women in North Carolina 20th Century History - North Carolina Digital Collections](https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/api/singleitem/image/p16062coll19/988/default.jpg)
Photograph: Miss Tiny Broadwick, Aeronaut - Women in North Carolina 20th Century History - North Carolina Digital Collections
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Band_of_Brothers_101st on Twitter: "One of the pioneering parachutists of the 20th century, and inventor of the ripcord mechanism, was a 5ft woman by the name of Tiny Broadwick. 1/ https://t.co/AMANHlPwcM" / Twitter
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Photograph:Tiny Broadwick Airplane Jumping attire - Women in North Carolina 20th Century History - North Carolina Digital Collections
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