每日背誦第四期100
It could safely be said of Katherine Graham that few women had a greater influence on 20th-century American history. When she died last year at the age of 84, people from all walks of life were swift and generous in their eulogies. Long-time owner of the Washington Post, Graham was a female pioneer in the “man's world” of serious journalism. Her decision to publish the controversial Pentagon Papers in 1971 ensured that her name would always be linked to the ideals of press freedom.
我們可以有把握地說，沒有幾個(gè)婦女像凱瑟琳·格拉罕對(duì)20世紀(jì)美國(guó)歷史有這么大的影響的。去年她與世長(zhǎng)辭，享年84歲，各界人士紛紛趕往悼念，表示敬意。在由男性主導(dǎo)的嚴(yán)肅的新聞業(yè)中，《華盛頓郵報(bào)》的長(zhǎng)期業(yè)主格拉罕是一位女性先驅(qū)。1971年，她決定出版?zhèn)涫軤?zhēng)議的《五角大樓文件》。這就確定了她的名字會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)與出版自由的理想聯(lián)系在一起。
(短文節(jié)選,本期開始連載：報(bào)業(yè)女巨人的一生)
