january american high altitude later life episcopal priest held women altitude record nearly decades according contemporaneous accounts regarded woman space licensed female balloon pilot woman fly accompanied husband jean member family twin brother reached height miles record breaking flight october retaining control balloon entire flight husband death worked consultant director nasa years talking public nasa work posthumously inducted international space hall fame late 1960s onwards returned childhood interest religion ordained july philadelphia women ordained priests regarded irregular performed bishops retired resigned women ordained day oldest fulfilling ambition years old asked head church proceed ceremony said told old changed september church voted allow women served priest minnesota died age episcopal priest said wanted expand idea respectable lady image street wise old lady family education born chicago illinois children born president lifelong interest science religion mother asked wanted grew reply priest sent mother running room tears studied philosophy psychology wrote essay titled women admitted received bachelor degree went study organic chemistry university_of_chicago receiving master degree year met married teaching university mother house boys students collaborators said later oral history remembered breakfast minnesota hotel balloon launching don know like dozen remember youngest took corn box dumped father head course brushed head said gentle loved boys thought boys boys guess sons john paul famous right foster children family archive library congress mentions correspondence foster children took known taught returned united_states taught organic chemistry couple lived massachusetts new_jersey delaware pennsylvania settling minneapolis joined faculty received doctorate education certificate study general theological seminary point describing oral history said bright doctor degree half brains family technical room good curator wrote history manned scientific view subsequent success enormous persistence considerable confidence luck flight visited united_states lecture tour belgian national celebrity flights set correspondent called race supremacy celebrity america entertained idea flying mid february received generous funding flight belgium instead turned project power attorney twin brother jean wrote lived life shadow brother success wanted emulate jean lost job developing explosives prospects employment let great depression happy project balloon flights century progress hydrogen gas balloon largest world conceived world fair held chicago celebrate city centennial fair organizers planned balloon flight hoped lure pilot certainly high publicity value constructed built balloon cloth provided hydrogen lifting liquid oxygen interior national_broadcasting_company sponsors newspapers publicized event feet wide cubic feet balloon envelope took hydrogen cylinders fill annoyance tried independently find funding told conditions balloon takeoff chicago dangerous turned tried flight organizers heads contacting president fair friend father considered slight president refused battled associate fair director concessions wanted jean picture wanted return fly eventually jean demoted science observer flying negotiations organizers agreed jean balloon initial flight exchange jean remaining ground served flight director science decided use pilot jean served world war license thought pilot months flight day bore considerable publicity value kept prominently flight named ascension soldier field gradually idea navy pilot won jean signed memorandum understanding organizers said remain ground permitting commander settle reduction weight produced enable commander settle reach higher altitude night august thousand spectators soldier field balloon inflated fair general manager said displayed surrendering place balloon greater altitude achieved weight equipment note sacrifice forgotten thomas flight solo balloon august ascent aborted shortly takeoff gas release valve balloon belonged armed forces decided use jean time disliked military wrote december navy army stupid jean wrote manufacturer september lives valuable job laboratory ground position render service humanity november time settle marine_corps flew century progress balloon ohio reaching feet new altitude record successful flight soil settle americans reach landed marsh near new_jersey miles home planning pilot license settle record flight balloon returned decided fly jean concentrate science pilot balloon wrote energetic forceful better chance obtaining pilot license jean preoccupied restoring balloon convincing scientists provide instruments fly studied ford airport michigan winner agreed serve flight director planned flight offered use hangar brought brother inventor airplane human fly heavier air powered aircraft observe flight son don crew member day shook hands wright little kid paid attention june flew solo flight later year woman licensed balloon pilot wrote jean june hopefully flight ahead competitors nice placed record list interviewed near end life asked hadn hired pilot decided pilot replied loyalty count hire asked parachute training said time jump don succeed use trying search funding high altitude dangerous undertaking partly human lungs function feet partly lifting gas hydrogen said later sending woman mother balloon danger family reluctant support flight asked trade names logo removed publicity century progress balloon said remember hurt said good word aided way felt felt gotten help didn certainly didn feel handled fairly struggled gain financial support radio company advanced thousand dollars backed supplement sponsorship designed sold commemorative stamps programs raised good deal money selling story press releases flight thousand spectators came october hours schedule piloted couple took pet turtle brief pre launch ceremony received sons small band played star banner lifted ford airport assisted airmen ground pushed jean changed flight path shortened flight time cloudy skies reduced scientific work able failed complete records actions flight newspaper alliance offered pay broke altitude record attempting higher reached feet miles travelled hours journey landed miles away near ohio choose landing trees realizing meant fly balloon separated ripped jean sustained small ribs left foot ankle according description time magazine mess wanted land white_house lawn legacy flight set women altitude record held years woman space earth times solo soviet_union according editors flying magazine book published woman space claim allowed woman pilot flight according obituary new_york_times person layer clouds jean created liquid oxygen frost resistant window thought later boeing blasting caps tnt releasing balloon launch remote release external ballast inside sealed cabin use remote controlled devices aircraft revolutionary unpopular idea time later director nasa manned approved spacecraft aboard balloon pound counts instruments studying cosmic radiation designed jean friend mentor chamber satisfied flight scientific results lesson manned flights repeated decades later life death jean felt succeeded reaching popular prepared attract attention flight titled said couldn developed expectations lucrative university positions come wrote dozens colleges universities aiming high college trying secure positions received december wrote ask jean member chemistry staff offered services turned met new advocate lecture tour minneapolis thanks department engineering jean professor minnesota teaching studies received tenure briefly executive secretary housing section company dominant industry minneapolis working jean met university jean proposed flight cluster balloons secured government contract navy featured navy press releases jean named project scientist responsible design testing balloon film materials making weekly status reports feel like lower level employee prospect owning patents ideas working consultant threatened break ties navy allowed fly jean unfortunately began rift fired critical staff jean retired giving dream returning quoted newspaper purple twilight complete wife jean died asked work consultant nasa accepted lived house houston shared woman spoke scientific community public nasa space program created manned moon landing noticed shift interests away space religion episcopal priest year admitted female ordained july age controversial circumstances ordained priest philadelphia retired bishops church head domestic missions diocese pennsylvania diocese ordained women priests large congregation fourth bishop costa_rica jurisdiction women suspension bishops suspended deposed church trial court ignoring church canon prohibiting retired bishops performing episcopal acts asked local bishop episcopal priests objected point service asked calling calling unlawful women ordained oldest fulfilling lifelong dream group known called magazine later said retrospect ordained irregularly way women joined gave celebration manhattan november diocese minnesota wanted women concerned hurting cause women numbered time fallout women recognized proposal recognize women priests narrowly defeated general convention held louisville kentucky new june presiding bishop million members time called emergency meeting chicago august old changed bishop diocese colleagues set motion charges accusing bishops breaking vows violating church laws withdrew charges carefully resolution passed challenged bishops actions calling wrong church moving direction general convention held minneapolis voted open women life priest served irregular philip minnesota recognized granddaughter episcopal priest later quoted new_york_times saying wanted expand idea respectable lady image street wise old lady volunteer chaplain luke hospital assistant pastor honorary member western theological seminary board trustees died cancer minneapolis minnesota aged honors received gave certificate reward performance received gave outstanding achievement award engraved wall honor known delta honorary member excellence scientific research gave honorary doctorate received posthumously inducted international space hall fame husband nominated renamed award memorial trophy wrote woman play life library book fund provides funds purchase books history religion
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