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  1. Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post , from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal , which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon .

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · As head of the Washington Post Company (1963-91) and publisher of the Washington Post (1969-79), Katharine Graham (1917-2001) became one of the world's most powerful women.

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  4. Katharine Graham (born June 16, 1917, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 17, 2001, Boise, Idaho) was an American business executive who owned and published various news publications, most notably The Washington Post, which she transformed into one of the leading newspapers in the United States. She was especially known for supporting the Post ...

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  5. Feb 27, 2018 · At Katharine Graham’s memorial service in 2001, her son Donald Graham and daughter Lally Weymouth, far left, are joined by Vice President Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, Liz Cheney Perry, Former ...

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  6. Katharine Graham never expected to become the president, publisher, and CEO of the Washington Post, but she thrived in that position—and even helped end a war and a corrupt U.S. presidency. Native New Yorker Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001) never expected to become the president, publisher, and CEO of the Washington Post, but she thrived in ...

  7. Jul 17, 2001 · Graham also became an award-winning author in her later years. In 1997 she published her memoirs, Personal History, which earned her a Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1998. Katharine Graham was described as a "working publisher."

  8. May 19, 2021 · Giving a luxurious designer evening gown the central position in an exhibition about Katharine Graham, ... she became company president, later acquiring the titles of chief executive and publisher ...

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