The Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974
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Women in History DowntownDC Callbox Tour: Katharine Meyer Graham
When Katharine Meyer’s father, retired banker Eugene Meyer, bought the Washington Post out of bankruptcy in 1933, her future was sealed. While still in college, she worked at the paper during summers, then signed on full-time after graduating.
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