Publishing

first woman elected to the board of the Associated Press; 1972 became the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, the Washington Post; held the title of publisher from 1969 to 1979, and that of chairwoman of the board from 1973 to 1991; supported reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein when they brought the Watergate story to the Post; was publisher when the Post defied the United States government to publish the classified Pentagon Papers; emphasizing freedom of the press, she strengthened the role of newspapers in exposing government actions;

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Publishing

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