From Earliest Childhood; The children of Eugene and Agnes Meyer all had the feeling that much was expected of them. And as the woman who grew up to run The Washington Post Co. moved beyond the privileged isolation of her Washington school days, those intense expectations -- which were to prove both a burden and a blessing -- began to shape her life From: The Washington Post | Date: January 26, 1997| Author: Katharine Graham | Copyright 1997 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

My parents' paths first crossed in a museum on 23rd Street in New York. It was Lincoln's Birthday, 1908. Eugene Meyer, who was 32 years old, had been in business for himself for only a few years, but had already made several million dollars. Agnes Ernst, just 21 and a recent graduate of Barnard, was strikingly beautiful. She was earning her own living and helping to support her family as well by her freelance work for a newspaper, the old New York Sun. She was also interested in the art wo...

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