Katharine Graham
Katharine Graham
Katharine Meyer Grahamwas an American publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, for more than two decades, overseeing its most famous period, the Watergate coverage that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Her memoir, Personal History, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth16 June 1917
CountryUnited States of America
method trade learning-by-doing
The Montessori Method- learning by doing-once again became my stock in trade...
democracy information depends
Democracy depends on information circulating freely in society.
gender grown-women
So few grown women like their lives.
nature stars mistake
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word -religion. Then I go out and paint the stars. -Vincent Van Gogh A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
eye feet steps
What I essentially did was to put one foot in front of the other, shut my eyes and step off the ledge. The surprise was that I landed on my feet.
work-out enough ifs
I always thought if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough, things would work out. I was wrong.
work water essentials
To me, working is a form of sustenance, like food or water, and nearly as essential.
eight cities people
For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. ... It is a city that offers me more people -- more different kinds of people -- than I could otherwise possibly have come to know in a lifetime: the native Washingtonian, the local merchant, the foreign diplomat, the ever-present tourist, the public servant, the journalist, the president, the friend.
cities political way
In Washington, the public and the private intertwine in such a way that they can't be easily separated. This is the city where the personal and the political are most closely linked.
learning answers lessons
Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.
rocks anxiety way
The only way I can describe the extent of my anxiety is to say that I felt as if I were pregnant with a rock.
libertarian-party liberty news
Truth and news are not the same thing.
anger bears persons
The longer I live, the more I observe that carrying around anger is the most debilitating to the person who bears it.
Whatever power I exert is collegial.