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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.
- Newspaper publisher
- July 17, 2001 (aged 84), Boise, Idaho, U.S.
- Katharine Meyer, June 16, 1917, New York City, New York, U.S.
Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Business Leaders. Katharine Graham was America’s first female Fortune 500 CEO. As publisher of the Washington Post, she guided the newspaper to national prominence, most notably when it...
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.
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May 19, 2021 · That is one of the revelations in “ Cover Story: Katharine Graham, CEO ,” an exhibition at the New-York Historical Society that illustrates both her courage and tenacity as the first woman to...
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Feb 27, 2018 · The film depicts Graham's historic—and risky—legal battle to publish the Pentagon Papers. Here's what the trailblazer was like in real life—and how the publication of a set of secret ...
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Katharine Graham. How a self-proclaimed “doormat wife” became the most powerful woman in journalism. ... Katharine Meyer was born in New York City, the fourth of five children. Her wealthy ...
Jul 17, 2001 · July 17, 2001. Katharine Graham, who transformed The Washington Post from a mediocre newspaper into an American institution and, in the process, transformed herself from a lonely widow into a...
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