On June 16, 1917 in New York City, Katharine Graham was born. Coming from two successful parents, her father Eugene Meyer and Agnes Elizabeth Meyer, it seemed that she was destined to be a hard working and accomplished young women in the city of opportunity. Katharine Graham ended up being an incredibly influential woman in the field of journalism and women’s rights and will be remembered of her accomplishments for many years to come. She is a wonderful role model for young girls and hopeful writers that you can do what you aspire to do even through all of the hardships life throws your way.
Born June 16, 1917, Graham grew up with a mother who was an author and a father who was a banker. Her father soon became the publisher and owner of …show more content…
Graham, a Harvard Law School graduate and a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. After Philip served in the army during WWII, Katharine’s father persuaded him to join his wife as an associate publisher for The Washington Post. In 1948, Eugene Meyer sold the company to Philip Graham for just $1. Philip helped improve the popularity and widespread reading of the newspaper, helping it beat out the prior competition, including The Washington Times Herald and Newsweek magazine.
The Graham’s marriage could have been said to be rocky and was full of rough patches. A couple years after the marriage, Katharine Graham found out that her husband had been having an affair with a reporter. After years of being in and out of mental hospitals for manic depression, Philip L. Graham fatally committed suicide on the family farm in 1963.
After the death of her husband, Katharine Graham took over the family business of the beloved newspaper. After her taking control she was able to grow the publishing company’s reputation significantly and improved the paper’s overall success in all aspects. With Graham leading the newspaper, The Washington Post climbed to be one of the top newspapers in the country. It was such a reliable source for world news that presidents and leaders all around the world depended on it for their news updates in national and worldly affairs. In her time of being head of The Post, the papers publication during the Watergate scandal eventually led to the resignation of President Richard
Born June 16, 1917, Graham grew up with a mother who was an author and a father who was a banker. Her father soon became the publisher and owner of …show more content…
Graham, a Harvard Law School graduate and a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. After Philip served in the army during WWII, Katharine’s father persuaded him to join his wife as an associate publisher for The Washington Post. In 1948, Eugene Meyer sold the company to Philip Graham for just $1. Philip helped improve the popularity and widespread reading of the newspaper, helping it beat out the prior competition, including The Washington Times Herald and Newsweek magazine.
The Graham’s marriage could have been said to be rocky and was full of rough patches. A couple years after the marriage, Katharine Graham found out that her husband had been having an affair with a reporter. After years of being in and out of mental hospitals for manic depression, Philip L. Graham fatally committed suicide on the family farm in 1963.
After the death of her husband, Katharine Graham took over the family business of the beloved newspaper. After her taking control she was able to grow the publishing company’s reputation significantly and improved the paper’s overall success in all aspects. With Graham leading the newspaper, The Washington Post climbed to be one of the top newspapers in the country. It was such a reliable source for world news that presidents and leaders all around the world depended on it for their news updates in national and worldly affairs. In her time of being head of The Post, the papers publication during the Watergate scandal eventually led to the resignation of President Richard