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  1. 2 days ago · It took until 2022 for the Smithsonian to add her input to the public display. There had been a few books on the Wright Brothers, with some after 2003 including Katharine as an important part of the story. When I looked at movies or documentaries, only the 1978 film ‘The Winds of Kitty Hawk’ had a Kate Wright as part of the cast.

  2. 4 days ago · On 17 December 1903, the first motor-powered, manned airplane was flown by none other than Wilbur and Orville Wright. Technically, Orville was the first to fly 120 feet, but they were able to fly four runs on that December day, the longest distance being 852 feet.

  3. 3 days ago · Orville Wright never married, but on Nov. 20, 1926, Katherine married Henry J. Haskell, a Kansas City newspaper editor. Haskell and his wife, Isabel, had been Katherine's friends since their days at Oberlin College.

  4. 1 day ago · Since 1970, Special Collections & Archives at Wright State University Libraries has been a member of the Ohio Network of American History Research Centers, a system of cultural institutions around the state charged with providing for the preservation of historically …

  5. Jun 26, 2024 · Though women have been involved in the history of flight from its start, their contributions are often not as well-known as those of the men. Wilbur and Orville Wright first successfully flew an airplane in 1903, but fewer people may know that their sister, Katharine Wright, played a significant role in

  6. Jun 13, 2024 · The Wright brothers story should include their sister. Although she was an integral part of her brothers' success, her contributions have been somewhat ignored. Also an innovative thinker, Katharine (Wright) Haskell managed the bicycle shop and helped with flight operations.

  7. Jun 11, 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. She never suspects it will be sleuthing…