Growing Up Wright

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Milton and Susan Wright raised their children to value learning, embrace hard work and trust family above everyone else. These traits served their youngest sons, Wilbur and Orville, well in their methodical work to invent, refine and patent the first airplane. The brothers’ bicycle shop provided income and insight for their research. Katharine, their younger sister, offered unfailing support and encouragement at every step.

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Book Used by Wilbur Wright, "McGuffey's New Second Eclectic Reader," 1857

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Milton and Susan Wright encouraged an interest in learning in their children Reuchlin, Lorin, Wilbur, Orville, and Katharine -- though not necessarily in formal education. Katharine was the only Wright child to finish college, graduating from Oberlin in 1898. Neither Wilbur nor Orville finished high school, but they learned much from their father's extensive home library.