Marie Surcouf

Marie Surcouf
Surcouf in 1906
Born
Marie Valentine Nelly Bayard

(1863-05-19)19 May 1863
Ham, Somme, French Second Empire
Died11 March 1928(1928-03-11) (aged 64)
Paris, French Third Republic
Occupation(s)Balloonist, feminist
SpouseÉdouard Surcouf

Marie Surcouf (19 May 1863 – 11 March 1928) was a French balloonist and feminist. In 1906, she was the first French woman to earn an aeronautical balloon pilot's license and later that year she became the first French woman to pilot a balloon flight with an all-woman crew. Surcouf founded the women's aeronautical club Aéroclub féminin la Stella and served as its president.

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