Piccard, Jeannette, 1895-1981

found: Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Piccard Family Papers, ca. 1470-1983(Jeannette Piccard; balloonist, aerospace consultant, and clergywoman in the Episcopal Church; born Jeannette Ridlon on 5 Jan. 1895 in Chicago, Ill.; married Jean Felix Piccard, 1919; died 17 May 1981 in Minneapolis, Minn.)

found: Wikipedia, 3 Nov. 2016(Jeannette Piccard; Jeannette Ridlon Piccard; high-altitude balloonist and Episcopal priest; b. 5 Jan. 1895 in Chicago, IL; d. 17 May 1981 in Minneapolis, MN; bachelor's degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1918, master's degree in organic chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1919, doctorate in education from the University of Minnesota in 1942, certificate of study from General Theological Seminary in 1973; first licensed female balloon pilot in the US and first woman to fly to the stratosphere; ordained deacon in 1971; ordained priest as one of the Philadelpha Eleven on July 29, 1974 (she was the first of the eleven, as she was the oldest, 79 at the time); posthumously inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1998)