Tiny Broadwick: The First Lady of Parachuting

"Roberson has done her research well, compiling what she found about the four-foot eleven-inch parachutist into an interesting, often inspiring biography." —Booklist

North Carolina was the site of the first powered airplane flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. Only ten years later, the state could also claim the first parachute jump from an airplane by a woman affectionately known as "Tiny."

At just over four feet tall and weighing a mere eighty pounds, Tiny married at the age of twelv...