She was born in New York on June 16

Katharine Graham's ascendancy in the American media is closely related to her family background.

She was born in New York on June 16, 1917, into a wealthy Jewish family. His father, Eugene Meyer, made millions of dollars investing wisely and became a famous Wall Street banker. Later, Mr. Meir served in public office as chairman of the Federal Reserve under President Hoover. He served as the first president of the World Bank during the Truman administration.

When Katharine Graham was not long born, her father, a busy man, and her mother, a well-known socialistof the best society, merely said, "Why is that child so ugly?" and went on with her entertainment.

Although born in a family with enough to eat and clothing, Catherine did not enjoy much love from her parents, because of her plain appearance, she had low self-esteem. At college, her classmates could never understand how the child of one of the wealthiest families in the country had only two dresses and two sweaters, and she, too, had neglected to care much.

In 1933, Meir bought the 1877 Washington Post for $825,000 through an intermediary in a bankruptcy auction, and the paper has been a family asset since then. With a daily circulation of 50,000 and a loss of $1 million a year, the Post was the worst, most money-losing and least read of the five Washington newspapers of the year, and no one could have imagined that it would become an American media empire.

Despite the lack of attention she received from her art-loving mother, Catherine was supremely superior. Growing up in the environment, she was studious and fond of writing since childhood. She was the only child in her family who was interested in journalism. She attended Kwassa College for Women and transferred to the University of Chicago two years later. After graduating from the University of Chicago in 1938, she became a reporter for the San Francisco News. The next year, her father summoned her back to Washington to take a job as editor of the letters section of his newspaper for $25 a month.

Around this time, Catherine met a young, attractive lawyer who would become her husband, Philip Graham. When Philip proposed to her, she was stunned. She could hardly believe that such a dashing, elite Harvard-educated man liked her shyness and timidity. They were married in June 1940.

In 1945, Catherine's father handed over control of the Washington Post to his son-in-law, even giving him a majority stake in it, because he believed women were simply not suited to journalism and should stay at home to raise their children. Without complaint, Catherine devoted herself to caring for her husband as a "housewife", raising four children and rarely appearing in public.She toppled President Nixon with a newspaper and became a legend in the history of American journalism. She was the first female "head" of a Fortune 500 company and the first female director of the Associated Press. She was a legend in American journalism and was called "the most powerful woman in journalism".

In the male-dominated World of Washington journalism and politics, Katharine Graham shone and was respected. "It's amazing that such a shy woman has become such a powerful force in Washington," says Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. George W. Bush was more representative: "She's a true leader, a true lady, a legend."

She was so highly regarded not only because she was the most powerful woman in the world, but also because she represented a time that had passed. It was a time when the noblest qualities of human nature -- courage and integrity -- stood out so brightly in the course of history