Biography
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. She was the first 20th century female publisher of a major American newspaper and the first woman elected to the board of the Associated Press.
Graham's memoir, Personal History, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998.
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GenderFemale
Birthday1917-06-16
Deathday2001-07-17 (84 years old)
Birth NameKatharine Meyer
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelationshipsPhil Graham (1940-01-01 - 1963-01-01)
ChildrenDonald E. Graham, Lally Weymouth
FatherEugene Isaac Meyer
MotherAgnes E. Meyer
SiblingsFlorence Meyer
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsLadies' Home Journal Women of the Year, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal, Courage in Journalism Award, Library of Congress Living Legend, Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes, National Women's Hall of Fame, Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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