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Personal History

Katharine Graham

After Phil's death, I learned to lead the Post through the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and a bitter strike while rebuilding my own confidence.

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28 parts, about 48 minutes to read.

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Author
Katharine Graham
Parts
28 parts
Reading time
about 48 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. 1. My parents and the lives they brought together2 min
  2. 2. Privilege and uncertainty in childhood2 min
  3. 3. Father's newspaper1 min
  4. 4. Learning to think for myself2 min
  5. 5. Chicago and the question of a future1 min
  6. 6. My first newsroom1 min
  7. 7. The Post and Phil1 min
  8. 8. Marriage with questions still open1 min
  9. 9. A young marriage meets war1 min
  10. 10. Family life during the war2 min
  11. 11. The paper passes to us2 min
  12. 12. Surviving as an independent paper2 min
  13. 13. Politics and Phil's first collapse2 min
  14. 14. Caring for Phil, losing Father2 min
  15. 15. Newsweek and new strain1 min
  16. 16. A marriage and a company under strain3 min
  17. 17. Phil's Death2 min
  18. 18. Beginning Again2 min
  19. 19. A New Editor2 min
  20. 20. Building the Post2 min
  21. 21. Women at Work2 min
  22. 22. The Pentagon Papers2 min
  23. 23. Reporting Watergate1 min
  24. 24. After Watergate2 min
  25. 25. Management and Labor2 min
  26. 26. The Pressmen's Strike2 min
  27. 27. Succession and Setbacks1 min
  28. 28. A Wider Life2 min

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