Marie Surcouf

Marie Surcouf
Surcouf in 1906
Born	Marie Valentine Nelly Bayard (1863-05-19)19 May 1863 Ham, Somme, French Second Empire
Died	11 March 1928(1928-03-11) (aged 64) Paris, French Third Republic
Occupation(s)	Balloonist, feminist
Spouse	Édouard 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 La Stella and served as its president.