Katharina “Käthe” Paulus (22 December 1868 – 26 July 1935)[1] was a German exhibition parachute jumper and the inventor of the first collapsable parachute.[2][3] At the time, the parachute was named, 'rescue apparatus for aeronauts' in 1910.[4][5] The previous parachutes were not able to fit in a case like apparatus worn on the back,[6][7] thus Paulus' invention became of paramount importance for the Germans in World War I and she produced about 7000 parachutes for the German forces.[8][9] During World War I Paulus created approximately 125 parachutes a week. Paulus was also credited with inventing the drag 'chute, an intentional breakaway system where one small parachute opens to pull out the main parachute.[10][11][12]