# Katharine Graham The publisher (1917–2001) who led [[The Washington Post]] through the [[Pentagon Papers]] and Watergate, defying the Nixon administration to publish — the defining example of an owner backing a newsroom against presidential pressure. Her tenure is the historical benchmark against which the [[Jeff Bezos]] era's accommodation of Trump is measured. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to support the [[Washington Post Timeline]]. Expand with Watergate, the Pentagon Papers, and the family-ownership era.