From long line of rabbis and ministers -- Rough beginnings: Mr. and Mrs. Meyer go to Washington -- Eugene and his descendants get a newspaper -- Katharine starts her education -- Katharine prepares for the Post -- The most outstanding man of his generation -- Kay takes very early retirement -- Phil and Agnes jockey fpr position -- Elation and decline -- The Kennedy years -- Breakup and breakdown -- Phil falls -- Kay rises -- Kay and Ben -- The Post gets "style" -- Free at last -- Kay passes the test -- "The queen bee" -- A Pulitzer Prize in management? -- All the publisher's problems -- Kay Graham gets "fired" -- The Hitler hoax and other problems -- Hanging on, to her power and insecurities -- Letting go.
