Managed the business of her brothers Orville & Wilbur Wright

For decades historians and biographers of the Wright Brothers ignored or downplayed Katharine's role as an integral member of the family team. Only with the surge of interest in women's history in the late twentieth century, and the concomitant discovery of previously unknown letters and other documents, did she come to be recognized as both Wilbur and Orville's unsung partner and a significant figure in the women's movement.

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Aviation - Business

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