Jeannette Piccard

American balloonist, scientist, teacher and priest (1895-1981)

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  • Momentum13.8
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Lived 1895–1981, aged 86United States
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  • Era
    1895–1981
    Aged 86
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-08-19

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.

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