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Wilhelmine Reichard
1788Apr, 2

Wilhelmine Reichard

Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (d. 1848)
Johanne Wilhelmine Siegmundine Reichard (née Schmidt) (2 April 1788, Braunschweig, Germany – 23 February 1848, Döhlen, Germany) was the first German female balloonist.

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