Katharine Wright Haskell
American teacher and suffragist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Katharine Wright Haskell (August 19, 1874 – March 3, 1929) was an American teacher, suffragist, and the younger sister of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. She worked closely with her brothers, managing their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, when they were away; acting as their right-hand woman and general factotum in Europe; assisting with their voluminous correspondence and business affairs; and providing a sounding board for their far-ranging ideas. She pursued a professional career as a high school teacher in Dayton, at a time when few middle-class American women worked outside the home, and went on to become an international celebrity in her own right. A significant figure in the early-twentieth-century women's movement, she worked actively on behalf of woman suffrage in Ohio and served as the third female trustee of Oberlin College.
Katharine Wright Haskell | |
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Born | (1874-08-19)August 19, 1874 Dayton, Ohio, US |
Died | March 3, 1929(1929-03-03) (aged 54) |
Alma mater | Oberlin College (B. A., 1898) |
Occupation | Teacher |
Spouse |
Henry Joseph Haskell
(m. 1926–1929) |
Parents | |
Relatives | Reuchlin Wright (brother) Lorin Wright (brother) Wilbur Wright (brother) Otis Wright (brother) Ida Wright (brother) Orville Wright (brother) |