The Resume

(June 16, 1917-July 17, 2001)
Born in New York City, New York
Birth name was Katharine Meyer
Publisher of the Washington Post (1963-79) and Newsweek
Wrote the autobiography 'Personal History' (1997)

Why she might be annoying:

She spent the first half of her life as a self-described 'doormat wife.'
She first began working as a writer at the Post after her father bought the paper (1933).
When her husband Phil Graham took over the Post (1945) she ended her writing career to concentrate on her family's home life.
Six years after taking over the Post, she said, 'I think a man would be better at this job I'm in than a woman.'

Why she might not be annoying:

Despite no previous publishing experience, she salvaged the faltering Post after her husband's suicide (1963) and turned it into one of the nation's most respected newspapers.
For many years, she was the only female head of a Fortune 500 company.
She resisted government pressure and made the final decision to publish the Pentagon Papers and Woodward and Bernstein's Watergate coverage.
She received a Pulitzer Prize for 'Personal History.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 100 Greatest Moms [Redbook] (Ranked: 49)
• Australian Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women in the World [May 4, 1996]
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 02]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6161917)
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [D-G]
• I Attended Truman Capote's Black and White Ball [November 28, 1966]
• I Attended Vassar
• I Died in 2001 (Ranked: 84)
• Ladies Home Journal's 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century
• Man's World
• Meryl Streep Portrayed Me
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1974]
• Pig Names
• Profiles 19501-19750 (Ranked: 19638)
• Residents/Vacationers of Martha's Vineyard
• Watergate Players
• World Almanac 25 Most Influential Women [1976]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 151 Votes: 81.46% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 23.53% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 80 Votes: 52.50% Annoying