Publisher Katharine Graham

(Original Caption) Woman of the Year in Economy and Business: Katharine Graham. Katharine Graham is a powerful figure in contemporary publishing, and one of Fortune magazine's recent "highest-ranking women in big business." She achieved her position as president of the Washington Post Company "by birth and by death." Her father had passed control of the business to her husband, on whose death she took over. But Mrs. Graham's own personal management skills have won her the respect of all divisions of the company which now report to her for top-level policy and financial decisions. Mrs. Graham, who started her career as a reporter, is cited "for her own business achievements, and for inspiring other women toward top positions in American corporations." 1973.