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1. www.grupooneair.com › katharine-wrightKatharine Wright: The Unsung Heroine of Aviation - Grupo One Air

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   May 16, 2024 · Who was Katharine Wright? Teacher, Entrepreneur, and Women’s Rights Activist; The Wright Company’s Secret Weapon; Katharine Wright’s Personal Life and Marriage to Henry Haskell; The Legacy of Katharine Wright

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   May 28, 2024 · Katharine Wright was the younger sister of Orville and Wilbur Wright. She was instrumental in the promotion of the Wright brothers’ inventions in Europe, where she was seen as more charismatic and outgoing than her brothers. Along with her brothers, she was awarded the Legion of Honor in France.

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   May 20, 2024 · After selling the company, Katharine leveraged her celebrity as a Wright Sibling to push Ohio to become one of the first states to ratify the 19th Amendment, granting all sexes the vote. The next world she conquered was her alma mater, Oberlin College, at which she became an active alum and eventually a member of the Board of Trustees.

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   May 29, 2024 · A Latin teacher and suffragette, Katharine is fiercely independent, intellectual, and the only Wright sibling to finish college. But at twenty-nine, she's frustrated by the gender inequality in academia and is looking for a new challenge.

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   Jun 1, 2024 · A Latin teacher and suffragette, Katharine is fiercely independent, intellectual, and the only Wright sibling to finish college. But at twenty-nine, she's frustrated by the gender inequality in...

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   May 30, 2024 · The third woman ever to fly an airplane was Katharine Wright, sister to Orville and Wilbur, who was active in providing some "business sense" to the famed fliers, including helping to negotiate their first contract with the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

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   Who is Katharine Wright?

   • Katharine was the only child of Milton and Susan Wright to become college-educated. Katharine studied to become a teacher, and after graduating from Oberlin she took a position teaching Latin at Steele High School in Dayton, Ohio.

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   How did Katharine Wright help the Wright brothers?

   • The Wright brothers funded their endeavors with earnings from their bicycle shop, which Katharine helped manage when the brothers were spending summers at Kitty Hawk. She packed supplies for the brothers, managed official correspondence, and helped Wilbur and Orville negotiate a one-year extension of their contract with the U. S.

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   What did Katharine Wright do after Wilbur Wright died?

   • When they returned to Dayton, all three siblings were huge celebrities, and Katharine took on business responsibilities, becoming an officer of the Wright Company in 1912 after Wilbur died. The company was sold in 1915 by Orville. Wright worked to organize for women's suffrage efforts in Ohio.

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   Who did Katharine Wright represent?

   • Katharine often represented her brothers in public, even speaking to dignitaries like Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, Georges Clémenceau, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia. French newspapers were fascinated by what they saw as the human side of the Wrights.

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9. americanwritersmuseum.org › program-calendarMaking Up True Stories: Novels and Books About Real People

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   May 19, 2024 · While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, Katharine Wright is equally inventive—especially when it comes to solving crimes—in bestselling author Amanda Flower’s radiant new historical mystery series inspired by the real sister of the Wright Brothers.