Katharine Wright Haskell

Katharine Wright Haskell
Wright in 1898 as a graduate of Oberlin College
Born
Katharine Wright

(1874-08-19)August 19, 1874
DiedMarch 3, 1929(1929-03-03) (aged 54)
Alma materOberlin College (B. A., 1898)
OccupationTeacher
Spouse
Henry Joseph Haskell
(m. 1926)
Parents
RelativesReuchlin Wright (brother)
Lorin Wright (brother)
Wilbur Wright (brother)
Otis Wright (brother)
Ida Wright (sister)
Orville Wright (brother)

Katharine Wright Haskell (née Wright; August 19, 1874 – March 3, 1929) was an American teacher, suffragist, and the younger sister of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. She pursued a professional career as a high school teacher in Dayton, Ohio and also managed her brothers' bicycle shop during their trips to Kitty Hawk. She acted as their right-hand woman and aide when the brothers demonstrated their airplanes in Europe, assisting with their correspondence, business affairs, and interactions with royals and captains of industry; she became an international celebrity along with them. A significant figure in the early-twentieth-century women's movement, she worked on behalf of woman's suffrage in Ohio and served as the third female trustee of Oberlin College.