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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: As a young woman, Katharine Graham had a strict mother and craved nothing more than fitting in.
Chapter 3: Her first job in newspapers had a steep learning curve, yet she soon enjoyed the work.
Chapter 4: At the decade’s end, Graham joined the Washington Post and began writing editorials.
Chapter 5: Graham’s husband entered the Post in 1946 and rapidly rose to the top.
Chapter 6: In 1963, Graham assumed control at the Post and became a sure-footed leader.
Chapter 7: Jetting to formal meetings with the Japanese emperor, and taking helicopter flights over the jungles of Vietnam, were standard fare in Graham’s new role.
Chapter 8: Graham’s influence grew as she started implementing her own changes to the way the Post worked.
Chapter 9: Despite all her achievements, Graham still faced prejudice and wrestled with her own insecurities.
Chapter 10: The Post’s reporting on a dubious 1972 burglary ultimately broke the Watergate scandal wide open.
Chapter 11: Under Graham, the Post continued to thrive right up to her retirement in 1991.
Description
Katharine Graham’s autobiography Personal History (1997) is the illuminating inside story of one of the United States’ most powerful media moguls. Beginning with her at times difficult childhood, which was shaped by her demanding and brilliant mother, this Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir sheds light on Graham’s rise through the ranks of the journalistic profession, all the way to the top of the Washington Post’s hierarchy.
Who Should Listen
- History buffs
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