Newspaper publisher
Katharine Graham
Took over the Washington Post after her husband's suicide and backed the Pentagon Papers and Watergate against enormous legal and political pressure.
Katharine Meyer Graham was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. She was one of the first 20th-century female publishers of a major American newspaper and the first woman elected to the board of the Associated Press.
- Born
- 1917-06-16, New York, New York, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 2001-07-17, Boise, Idaho, USAA Tuesday, aged 84
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1917-06-16, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 24°56′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 21°15′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 2°15′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 8°40′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 1°18′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 27°07′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 29°04′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 23°34′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 3°09′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 3°41′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2001-07-17, Boise, Idaho, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Boisethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 25°12′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 13°28′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 6°27′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 13°16′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 15°08′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 1°02′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 10°49′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 23°56′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 7°43′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 12°53′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Katharine Graham was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
