The Wright Brothers' Sister
April 18th, 2009
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Wilbur and Orville Wright won a place in history for unraveling the secrets of aviation, but their charismatic sister, Katharine Wright, deserves a lot of credit. Cindy Wilkey (University of Virginia College at Wise) says the brothers, who never married, were shy and reserved and Katharine devoted her life to running their home and business. Also featured, Steve Watkins (University of Mary Washington) drew accolades for his first book about discriminatory hiring practices at Shoney’s national restaurant chain. Now he’s written Down Sand Mountain, a novel about coming of age in the south in the ‘60s.
im writing about at school she is a amazing woman
does anyone know how old she was when she died