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The 2018 film The Post tells the story of attempts by journalists to publish the Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force’s report, now colloquially known as the Pentagon Papers. One of the film’s main characters, played by Meryl Streep, was Katharine Graham. Katharine Graham began working at the Post in 1938 as a beat reporter. Her father, Eugene Meyer, was the publisher of the paper, who, upon retirement, handed over the newspaper to Philip Graham, his son-in-law, and Katharine’s husband. Upon Philip’s death in 1963, Katharine assumed leadership of the Post and stepped into the role of company President and Publisher. Expectations of her were extremely low, as you might imagine, given the time. Publishing and journalism were male-dominated fields, and Katharine feared that she was unsuited for the job….

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