Sophie Blanchard and Balloonomania

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2013

⏱️ 26 minutes

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From timid girl to trailblazer, Sophie Blanchard became famous in the early 1800s as the first woman to become a career balloonist.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseofWorks.com.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast, I'm Holly Frye.
0:45.7	I'm Tracy B. Wilson.
0:47.7	And 200 years ago, there was a craze sweeping Europe,
0:52.7	which was balloonomania.
0:54.7	Mand balloon flights were amazing crowds and capturing imaginations.
0:59.7	And balloons became a popular decorative motif
1:02.7	from everything from ceramic plates to copper cakedins,
1:05.7	and even integrated into fashion.
1:08.7	And one of the fame figures in this whole ballooning madness
1:13.7	was a woman named Sophie Blanchard.
1:15.7	And she was the first woman to become a professional balloonist.
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