'tiny' Broadwick 1893-1978
Inscription
Aviation pioneer & first
woman to parachute from an
airplane, 1913. Demonstrated
uses of parachutes to Army,
1914. Grave 200 yds. N.
Location
AddressUS 158 Business (Old Oxford Road) west of Henderson
CityHenderson
CountyVance
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.315367, -78.424015
Sources
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