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| | BookPage Nonfiction Review: Personal History |
 | | Katharine Graham, one of America's most powerful people, says she decided to publish her memoirs at age 79 because it was time to record the story of those who shepherded the Washington Post to greatness -- her father, Eugene Meyer; her late husband, Phil Graham; and herself. |
 | | It was time, Graham said in a recent interview, that she look back at the defining issues in a life well lived, a life which also parallels the evolution of women from "second-class citizenship" to positions of rank and leadership. |
 | | She insisted her son, Donald Graham, now publisher, and Alan Spoon, the company's chief operating officer, keep her posted but remain "totally in charge." One of her final decisions while she was totally in charge was deciding when she would leave the company. |
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