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第 400 课:The Ups and Downs of Katherine Graham
奋斗与坚持:报业女巨人的一生-1

It could safely be said of Katherine Graham that few women had a greater influence on 20th-century American history. 我们可以有把握地说,没有几个妇女像凯瑟琳·格拉罕对20世纪美国历史有这么大的影响的。

When she died last year at the age of 84, people from all walks of life were swift and generous in their eulogies. 去年她与世长辞,享年84岁,各界人士纷纷赶往悼念,表示敬意。

Long-time owner of the Washington Post, Graham was a female pioneer in the “man's world” of serious journalism. 在由男性主导的严肃的新闻业中,《华盛顿邮报》的长期业主格拉罕是一位女性先驱。

Her decision to publish the controversial Pentagon Papers in 1971 ensured that her name would always be linked to the ideals of press freedom. 1971年,她决定出版备受争议的《五角大楼文件》。这就确定了她的名字会永远与出版自由的理想联系在一起。

Katherine Meyer was born in 1917 to a wealthy and privileged family. 凯瑟琳·迈耶1917年出生在一个富裕的特权家庭。

Her father was a multimillionaire who gave up business and government service to buy the ailing Washington Post in 1933. 她的父亲是一位大富豪,他放弃了工作和政府部门的职位,在1933年买下了境况不佳的《华盛顿邮报》。

Katherine shared his love of journalism, and worked on the paper's editing desk for a few years before getting married. 凯瑟琳承袭了父亲对新闻的热爱,婚前在这家报社的编辑部工作了数年。