Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin

Jeanne Labrosse was amongst the crowd watching André-Jacques Garnerin's first hydrogen balloon flight and parachute descent at Parc Monceau, Paris on 22 October 1797.

She is sometimes described as the first woman in the world to fly in a balloon,[2][3] but Élisabeth Thible made a free flight in 1784 and Citoyenne Henri flew with Garnerin on 8 July 1798, four months earlier.

Its vital organs are a cap of cloth supporting the basket and a circle of wood beneath and outside of the parachute and used to hold it open while climbing: it must perform its task at the moment of separation from the balloon, by maintaining a column of air.

"[Note 3][5][6] André-Jacques Garnerin held the position of Official Aeronaut of France and was unofficially known as the aérostatier des fêtes publiques,[7] so the couple visited England in 1802 during the Peace of Amiens.

[12] Garnerin's niece, Élisa (Elizabeth) who was born in 1791,[13] learned to fly balloons at age 15 and made 39 professional parachute descents from 1815 to 1836 in Italy, Spain, Russia, Germany, and France.

Monsieur and Madame Garnerin ( Christoph Haller von Hallerstein [ de ] , c. 1803 )
Spectators watching Garnerin ascend in a balloon on 28 March 1802. Artwork published in the 1870s in a historical Parisian fashion magazine.
Schematic depiction of Garnerin's first parachute used in the Parc Monceau descent of 22 October 1797. Illustration dates from the early nineteenth century.
Jacques Garnerin releases his balloon and descends with the help of a parachute, 1797. Illustration from the late 19th century.