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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.

   • Occupation: Newspaper publisher
   • Died: July 17, 2001 (aged 84), Boise, Idaho, U.S.

   • Born: Katharine Meyer, June 16, 1917, New York City, New York, U.S.

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   Apr 2, 2014 · 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 published The...

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   How did Katherine Graham become a newspaper publisher?

   • How Graham came to be the Washington Post 's publisher and America's first female Fortune 500 CEO. Katherine Graham never expected to be the publisher of the Post, though she was born into the family that owned the paper. In June of 1933, when Graham was 16, her father, Eugene Meyer, bought the Washington Post at auction.

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   Who was Katharine Graham?

   • Katharine Graham was born Katharine Meyer on June 16, 1917, in New York City. Graham was the fourth of five children. She grew up in a wealthy household, with many luxuries, but was not close to her parents. They even neglected to tell her that her father was purchasing the Washington Post, so learning of its acquisition was a surprise.

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   How did Katharine Graham become president?

   • Just a few months after her husband's death, Katharine Graham took control of the company becoming its president. Truman Capote's famed black-and-white ball served as a sort of coming out party for the widow. The New York Times reports that initially, her plan was to simply hold on to the Post until her sons were old enough to run it.

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   Did Katharine Graham write a memoir?

   • In 1983, I had been a researcher at The Washington Post Co. for only a few months when Katharine Graham, the chairman of the board, called me into her office one day. She had a quandary, she said. She was thinking of writing a memoir but wasn't sure whether she should. She insisted that she wasn't a writer.

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4. www.britannica.com › biography › Katharine-GrahamKatharine Graham | Biography, The Washington Post, & Facts

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   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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   Graham was born in 1917 to enormous wealth and privilege. Her multi-millionaire financier father purchased The Washington Post at a bankruptcy auction in 1933 and eventually appointed his son-in ...

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7. www.washingtonpost.com › archive › politicsKatharine Graham Dies at 84 - The Washington Post

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   Jul 18, 2001 · Mrs. Graham, former chairman and chief executive officer of The Post Co. and former publisher of The Washington Post, died at 11:56 a.m. of head injuries suffered when she fell on a...

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   Feb 27, 2018 · Meryl Streep earned an Oscar nomination, her 21st to be exact, for her portrayal of legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine "Kay" Graham in Stephen Spielberg's The Post. The film...

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    Jun 15, 2017 · Katharine Graham at 100: Inside the making of one of the greatest Washington memoirs ever. By Evelyn Small. June 15, 2017 at 4:10 p.m. EDT. In 1983, I had been a researcher at The...