Background
GRAHAM, Katharine was born on June 16, 1917 in New York, United States. Daughter of Eugene and Agnes Meyer.
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As seen in the new movie The Post, here is the captivating, inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography In this bestselling and widely acclaimed memoir, Katharine Graham, the woman who piloted the Washington Post through the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, tells her storyone that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling. Here is the awkward child who grew up amid material wealth and emotional isolation; the young bride who watched her brilliant, charismatic husbanda confidant to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnsonplunge into the mental illness that would culminate in his suicide. And here is the widow who shook off her grief and insecurity to take on a president and a pressmans union as she entered the profane boys club of the newspaper business. As timely now as ever, Personal History is an exemplary record of our history and of the woman who played such a shaping role within them, discovering her own strength and sense of self as she confrontedand masteredthe personal and professional crises of her fascinating life.
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GRAHAM, Katharine was born on June 16, 1917 in New York, United States. Daughter of Eugene and Agnes Meyer.
Student, Vassar College, 1934—1936. Bachelor of Arts in History, University Chicago, 1938.
Reporter, San Francisco News, 1938-1939;
member editorial staff, Washington Post, 1939-1945;
member Sunday circulation and editorial departments, public, Washington Post, 1969-1979;
president, Washington Post Company, 1963-1973, 77;
Chairman of the Board, Washington Post Company, 1973-1993;
Chief Executive Officer, Washington Post Company, 1973-1991;
chairman of the executive committee, Washington Post Company, since 1993. Co-chairman International Herald Tribune. Independent trustee Reuters Founders Share Company Ltd.
Vice Chairman, Board Of Directors Urban Institute. Member Council on Foreign Rels., Overseas Development Council. Past chairman New York Publications Association.
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Life trustee University of Chicago. Honorary trustee George Washington University. Member collectors committee The National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, National Press Club, Council Foreign Rels., Overseas Development Council, Metropolitan Club, Cosmopolitan Club, 1925 F Street Club.
Married Philip Leslie Graham, June 5, 1940 (deceased August 3, 1963). Children: Elizabeth Morris Graham Weymouth, Donald Edward, William Welsh, Stephen Meyer.