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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.
The resume of Katharine “Kay” Graham—who transformed The Washington Post Company’s business and publishing operations into one of the world’s leading newspapers—is nothing short of ...
Feb 27, 2018 · Graham died in 2001. She passed away in Boise, Idaho from head injuries sustained in a fall while attending a media industry conference. She was 84. "She set the newspaper on a course that took it ...
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Jan 26, 2021 · Famously among the first female publishers of a major American newspaper, Katharine “Kay” Graham (born Meyer) achieved a great many things over the course of her dynamic life. She led her family’s newspaper, The Washington Post, into the era of television reporting and hard journalism, elevating it among the nation’s foremost news ...
Post-Watergate. From 1973 to 1991 Katharine Graham, known to many as "Kay," was board chairman and chief executive officer of the Washington Post Company. She remained Chairman of the Executive Committee until her death. In 1975, she opposed union demands from workers at the press, and hired workers to replace them, breaking the union.
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 Pentagon ...
Graham, Katharine (1917–2001) American newspaper publisher who guided the Washington Post through its most turbulent period when it published the "Pentagon Papers" and investigated the Watergate affair . Name variations: Kay Graham; Mrs. Phil Graham; Katharine Meyer. Born Katharine Meyer on June 16, 1917, in New York City; died on July 17 ...
