22nd October 1797, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first parachute descent from a balloon in Paris, using his silk umbrella-shaped device. Ascending connected to a balloon, at a height of 3,000 feet, Garnerin cut the cord and descended with the parachute swinging wildly, before it hit the ground with Garnerin emerging uninjured. The following year Garnerin created a scandal, when he announced that his next balloon flight would include a female passenger, Citoyenne Henri. Although the announcement created a media sensation, the authorities in Paris initially issued an injunction, citing that reduced air pressure might have a detrimental effect on the organs of a delicate female body, and that the close proximity of the balloons basket would result in impropriety. The injunction was later overturned and the flight took place, on the 8th July 1798 from the Parc Monceau in Paris. Citoyenne Henri was later acclaimed as the first woman "who ever had the courage to trust herself in the regions of air". Despite this credit, other women had already flown in balloons before the French Revolution. The Marchioness and Countess of Montalembert, the Countess of Podenas and a Miss de Lagarde, had ascended in a tethered balloon on the 20th May 1784, and the following month on the 4th June, eight months after the first untethered ascent by the Montgolfier brothers; Madame Elizabeth Thible, dressed as the Roman goddess Minerva, became the first female balloonist, after ascending 1,500 meters in a balloon named ‘La Gustave’ in honour of King Gustav III of Sweden's visit to Lyon. Continued in the comments #hotairballoon #hotairballons #parachute #parachutejump #ballonmania #18thcentury #18thcenturyhistory #womenshistory #femalepioneers #montgolfière #montgolfiere #montgolfières #historyofflight #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #tarotcards #tarotcardsdaily #tarotillustration #tarotillustrator #tarothistory #tarotprints #tarotart #tarotartist #thechariot #thechariottarot #thechariottarotcard #avindicationoftherightsofwoman #queenofpentacles #tenofcups #historicalillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/CVVkCu3lPNk/?utm_medium=tumblr