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.[1] 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.

  1. ^ Archives de Paris, acte de décès n°565, vue 27 / 31