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Katharine Graham

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Katharine Graham · Arts & Literature

What

Publisher of The Washington Post during Watergate

When

1917, New York City, USA — 2001, Boise, Idaho, USA

Where

Washington, D.C., USA

Biography

Katharine Graham is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Publisher of The Washington Post during Watergate

How & why

Katharine Graham was the daughter of Eugene Meyer, from a distinguished Jewish family, and a Lutheran mother; she was of partial (paternal) Jewish descent and was baptized and raised Lutheran, with her father's Jewishness rarely discussed at home. As publisher of The Washington Post she oversaw its Watergate and Pentagon Papers coverage.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Graham

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Publisher of The Washington Post during Watergate

1917

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Graham