Vesna Vulovic, an air stewardess who survived the highest ever fall by a
human being after her plane broke up at 33,000ft (10,000m), has died
aged 66.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38427411
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38427411
https://en.dokodemodoorblog.com/2012/08/27/what-really-happened-to-vesna-vulovic/
http://nypost.com/2016/12/18/how-a-scottish-maid-became-an-acclaimed-harvard-astronomer/
In 1879, Williamina “Mina” Fleming was hired as household help for the couple that ran the Harvard College Observatory. An immigrant from Scotland, she had been a teacher before coming to America. But after her husband disappeared, leaving her alone and pregnant, she had no choice but to take any position she could.