Marie Marvingt

French athlete, mountaineer, aviator and journalist (1875–1963)

Marie Félicie Élisabeth Marvingt (French pronunciation: [maʁi maʁvɛ̃]; 20 February 1875 – 14 December 1963) was a French athlete, mountaineer, aviator, and journalist. She was the first woman to climb many of the peaks in the French and Swiss Alps. Marvingt was a record-breaking balloonist, and during World War I she became the first female combat pilot.

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