A Quote by Katharine Graham

Being a woman in control of a company - even a small private company, as ours was then - was so singular and surprising in those days that I necessarily stood out. In 1963, and for the first several years of my working life, my situation was certainly unique.

Katharine Graham

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Katharine Graham
American - Businesswoman
June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001

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