01883cam a2200349 i 4500 1110381664 TxGeo 20240104120000.0 230220s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781499813944 hbk. 1499813945 hbk. (OCoLC)1369677751 TxGeo rda Dahl, Candy, author. Tiny jumper : how Tiny Broadwick created the parachute rip cord / by Candy Dahl ; illustrated by Maithili Joshi. New York, NY : Little Bee Books, 2023. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "This thrilling biography tells the story of Tiny Broadwick, the first woman to ever parachute from a plane and the inventor of the parachute rip cord, and how her determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy in doing what she loved lifted her up to stand as tall as a pioneer in flight. Tiny Broadwick, a teeny, uneducated mill girl, had big dreams of soaring above the earth, out of poverty, and above expectations. She became the first woman to parachute from an airplane, and her idea for the rip cord paved the way for pilots to safely escape in-flight emergencies. This thrilling biography shows how Tiny's determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy lifted her up to stand tall as a pioneer in flight."--Provided by publisher. 004-008. 20240116. Brown, Georgia Thompson 1893-1978. Parachuting. Women inventors United States. Joshi, Maithili, illustrator. QS5