Welcome to Litsy!

What a remarkable badass woman; you go girl!

Indeed, within the first months of my new working life, the color started returning to my face, my jaw was beginning to unclench, and what I had once called “my initial girl-#scout type of resolve” was turning into a passionate interest.

#QuotsyMar19 #31DaysOfNonFiction

Amen, sister. 🙌🏼

Oh, JFK. I know it was 1961, but you really disappoint me. 🙄

#MonthOfMemoirs

An oldie but a goodie made recently relevant again by the movie The Post.

https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/personal-history-katherine-graham/

Lazy rainy Sunday on the couch with a book. The cat opted to lounge on the floor where she could watch the raindrops and listen to the sounds of it falling on the skylight. #WeAllJustGottaBeUs
#catsoflitsy

Sharing the sand and surf with Katharine Graham. The pearls are a bit much for the beach, though. 🤔

Stopped by one of my favorite Friend‘s of the Library bookstores in Oakland today to renew my membership & take a quick gander at what they had in stock. Found my favorite book, 84 Charing Cross Road, which I always buy when I see it to give to friends, a Joan Didion book that I haven‘t read & the Katherine Graham autobiography, Personal History. We are reading this for my work feminist book club so I am thrilled that I found a good used copy.

After seeing "The Post" in theaters, I had to read about the incomparable Katharine Graham! #thepost #wapo

The release of the film "The Post" finally motivated me to pick up Katharine Graham's memoir. Twenty years after its initial publication.

Do you like:
- Women who are bad-asses ✅
- Autobiographies ✅
- Journalism ✅
- Politics ✅
- Dysfunctional families ✅

Then you need to read this! Do not let the pearls fool you - she was not a dusty chick. She was amazing, brilliant and helped paved the way for us women who came behind her. #brave doesn't even begin to describe her ❤️ #augustgrrrl

I have been reading this slowly, partly because it is a large book and not easily portable, but also because it is well written and fascinating. I really want to slow down reading this. Savor it I guess.
#memoir #readingwomenmonth

I learned so much from this memoir: mid-century American History, women in publishing, mental illness, etc. The companion volume is also a treat. Favorite non-fiction! #MOREORLESS

My girlfriend recommended this as a MUST READ when I mentioned I am going to try to read more non-fiction this year. As a native of Arlington (across the river from D.C.) I thought Katherine Graham is well known to me. Boy I was wrong. This is fascinating. I have just started this and already I am engrossed with her storytelling. #page24ofcurrentread #readjanuary

Took a readathon break from the @24in48 readathon and picked up a ridiculous stack of biographies (and others) from the local thrift stores.

My favorite books are memoirs so it's incredibly tough for me to pick one #memorablememoirs

Although it's been awhile since I've read Graham's memoir, I remember really enjoying it. And because I also like books about strong women and family owned businesses, it seemed like a good pick to post here.

All women should read this book. Actually, all men and all women should read this book. What a woman. What a life. #unforgetablewomen #booktober

Loved this read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️She was born into wealth, always insecure and less than confident after being thrown into "a mans world" as CEO of the Post.