Graham, Katharine
Born: Jun 16, 1917 AD
Died: 2001 AD, at 84 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Businessmen
Died: 2001 AD, at 84 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Businessmen
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.
Page last updated: 9:38pm, 08th May '07
Related Books
  |
Personal History by Katharine Graham (Paperback - Feb 24, 1998) In lieu of an unrevealing Famous-People-I-Have-Known autobiography, the owner of theWashington Posthas chosen to be remarkably candid about the insecurities prompted by remote parents and a difficult...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
 |
  |
Katharine Graham's Washington by Katharine Graham (Paperback - Nov 11, 2003) As a fitting epilogue to a life intimately linked to Washington, D.C., Pulitzer Prize winner Katharine Graham, the woman who transformedTheWashington Postinto a paper of record, left behind this...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Power, Privilege and the Post: The Katharine Graham Story by Carol Felsenthal (Paperback - Feb 5, 1999) |
|
  |
Katharine Graham: The Leadership Journey of an American Icon by Robin Gerber (Hardcover - Oct 20, 2005) For more than twenty years Katharine Graham was a self-describeddoormat wife. But after her husbands suicide, she took over as publisher and CEO ofThe Washington Postand shocked the male... In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. |
|
  |
Personal History by Katharine Graham (Kindle Edition - May 11, 2004) An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women -- a book that is, as its title suggests, both personal and history. It is the story of Katherine... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
PERSONAL HISTORY by Katharine Graham (Paperback - Jan 1, 1998) |
|
