Katharine Graham
Katharine Meyer Graham 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.
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- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- University of ChicagoVassar College
- Awards
- 🏆 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences🏆 Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
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1917
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