Tiny Broadwick

[4] Born to parents George and Emma Ross on April 8, 1893, Georgia Ann Thompson weighed only 3 pounds.

[5] The last of seven daughters, Georgia was given the nickname "Tiny" due to her small size,[6] as she weighed only 85 pounds (39 kg) and was 4 feet 8 inches (1.42 m) tall.

She later became Broadwick's adopted daughter, to ease travel arrangements, though she has also been referenced as his wife (with her own family later unclear on the relationship).

"[12] Among her many other achievements, she was the first woman to parachute from an airplane, which she is sometimes credited with accomplishing over Los Angeles on June 21, 1913, with aviator Glenn L. Martin as the pilot.

[13] However, she previously made at least two jumps from Martin's plane during an exhibition in Chicago's Grant Park the week of September 16, 1912.

In February 2006, Vance County, North Carolina, commissioners named a portion of the Henderson Outer Loop highway after her.