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Graham, Katharine(nee Meyer)
1917 - Born on June 16th in New York, New York. American businesswoman, journalist, and newspaper publisher.
1938 - Attended University of Chicago.
1940 - Married to Phillip Leslie Graham on June 5th.
1963 - She took over the reigns of the Washington Post when her husband shot himself to death (he was suffering from manic depression).
- Was the president of Washington Post Company.
1969 - Publisher of the Washington Post.
1973 - Was CEO and Chairman of the Board of THe Washington Post.
1994 - Member of the Alfalfa Club.
1997 - Author of the autobiography Personal History.
1998 - Received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Personal History.
2001 - Died on July 17th in Washington, District of Columbia.
2002 - Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
- Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. on July 9th.
1938 - Attended University of Chicago.
1940 - Married to Phillip Leslie Graham on June 5th.
1963 - She took over the reigns of the Washington Post when her husband shot himself to death (he was suffering from manic depression).
- Was the president of Washington Post Company.
1969 - Publisher of the Washington Post.
1973 - Was CEO and Chairman of the Board of THe Washington Post.
1994 - Member of the Alfalfa Club.
1997 - Author of the autobiography Personal History.
1998 - Received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Personal History.
2001 - Died on July 17th in Washington, District of Columbia.
2002 - Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
- Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. on July 9th.
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Personal History by Katharine Graham (Hardcover - May 16, 1997) An extraordinaryly frank, honest and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women, owner of one of its greatest newspapers, the WASHINGTON POST... |
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