Katharine Wright Haskell
Katharine Wright Haskell | |
|---|---|
Wright in 1898 as a graduate of Oberlin College | |
| Born | Katharine Wright August 19, 1874 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 3, 1929 (aged 54) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College (B. A., 1898) |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Spouse |
Henry Joseph Haskell
(m. 1926) |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Reuchlin 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.