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Title
Katharine
Wright
Photograph
Subject
Ohio Women
Daily Life
Education
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948
Place
Dayton (Ohio)
Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description
Katharine
Wright
(1874-1929)
was
born
exactly
three
years
after
her
older
brother
,
aviator
Orville
Wright
. This
2.36
"
x
3.84
"
photograph
was
taken
around
1880
. She
graduated
from
Dayton's
Central
High
School
in
1892
and
attended
Oberlin
College
from
1893
to
1898
. She
later
served
on the
board
of
trustees
of the
college
and
chaired
its
alumni
group
. She
taught
Latin
and
English
at
Steele
High
School
in
Dayton
from
1899
to
1908
.
Katharine
Wright
supported
her
famous
brothers
emotionally
,
intellectually
, and
financially
.
Katharine
spent
money
from her
teaching
job
to
purchase
supplies
and
later
helped
raise
money
for them
through
her
writings
and
public
appearances
. The
three
of them
lived
together
until
Wilbur's
death
and
Katharine's
marriage
to
newspaper
editor
and
college
classmate
Henry
Haskell
.
Orville
was
outraged
when
she
announced
her
engagement
to
Haskell
in
1926
, and
refused
to
visit
her in their
Kansas
City
,
Missouri
home
.
Katherine
Wright
Haskell
died
of
tuberculosis
on
March
3
,
1929
. This
photograph
is
part
of
Wright
State
University's
Wright
Brothers
Collection
of
approximately
6,000
items
,
including
over
200
technical
books
,
journals
, and
pamphlets
accumulated
by the
Wright
Brothers
,
over
500
items
related
to their
research
,
business
, and
legal
endeavors
,
more
than
1,000
genealogical
items
gathered
by
Bishop
Milton
Wright
and
Orville
Wright
,
nearly
3,600
photographs
, and
over
700
items
representing
awards
and
other
memorabilia
. A
finding
aid
is
available
online
.
Creator
S.T. Wiggins Photographers
Date of Original
1880
circa
Collection
Wright
Brothers
Collection
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/wright_brothers
(for
more
information
on the
Wright
Brothers
Collection)
Source
Audiovisual material
MS 1, unprocessed Wright Family Album
Submitting Institution
Wright State University
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om112_657321_004.tif
Image Height
576
Image Width
355
File Size
62.61 KB
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