Harry Haskell is the writer and host of a new three-part podcast about his step-grandmother Katharine Wright, the sister of the Wright brothers. In Her Own Wright is based in part on his novel Maiden Flight, about Katharine’s late-life marriage to his grandfather and the tragic breach it caused between her and Orville. Among other topics explored in the three-part podcast are Katharine’s prominent part in the women’s movement, her early career as a high-school Latin teacher, and her largely behind-the-scenes role with the Wright Company. In Her Own Wright was funded by Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in conjunction with the recent world premiere of Laura Kaminsky’s opera Finding Wright. You can listen to the podcast at https://www.harryhaskell.com/in_her_own_wright_.htm.
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Class of 1976