凱瑟琳(Katharine Meyer Graham) 在1917年出生於紐約，爸爸是富商，媽媽曾是《紐約太陽報》記者，對文學、藝術有很深的修養。凱瑟琳大學畢業後，進入《舊金山新聞報》當記者，第二年進入《華盛頓郵報》做讀者來函版的編輯，月薪二十五美元。郵報是她爸爸在1933年用了82萬美元標下的，發行量僅五萬份。當時華盛頓有五份報紙，是讀者最少、品質最低、虧損最大的報紙，一年要賠100萬美元。
凱瑟琳在報社遇到律師菲利普．葛蘭姆，共組家庭，婚後當家庭主婦，很少社交。她的爸爸把報紙交給菲利普，後來菲利普得了精神分裂症，用獵槍結束生命。四十六歲、帶著四個兒女的凱瑟琳在朋友力勸下，悲傷徬徨中勉強接下報紙的發行人。
凱瑟琳在報社工作過，但職位很低，不懂管理與帳務，連報社聖誕節派對，講一句「聖誕快樂」，都要對鏡子練習許多遍。當時社會沒有女人掌權，內向害羞的她，一點自信也沒有。但這位平凡的主婦，日後卻帶領報紙經歷越戰、罷工潮，無畏威脅，揭發水門事件，留下美好的榜樣。喔，郵報也是巴菲特長期投資的標的，賺到天文數字的利潤。(eaton refer to郝廣才：《華盛頓郵報》背後的女人)
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有一本書介紹她
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography
In this bestselling and widely acclaimed memoir, Katharine Graham, the woman who piloted the Washington Post through the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, tells her story-one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling.
Here is the awkward child who grew up amid material wealth and emotional isolation; the young bride who watched her brilliant, charismatic husband-a confidant to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson-plunge into the mental illness that would culminate in his suicide. And here is the widow who shook off her grief and insecurity to take on a president and a pressman's union as she entered the profane boys' club of the newspaper business.
As timely now as ever, Personal History is an exemplary record of our history and of the woman who played such a shaping role within them, discovering her own strength and sense of self as she confronted-and mastered-the personal and professional crises of her fascinating life.
Personal History Paperback - February 24, 1998
https://www.amazon.com/Personal-History-Katharine-Graham/dp/0375701044
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