Katherine G. Howard
| Katherine Graham Howard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 30, 1898 Guyton, Georgia |
| Died | January 26, 1986 (aged 87) Marblehead, Massachusetts |
| Residence | Kemp Place |
| Education | Salem Academy |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
| Known for | Secretary of the Republican National Committee |
| Spouse(s) | Charles P. Howard (m. 1921; his death 1966) |
| Parent(s) | Joseph L. Graham Margaret Nowell Graham |
| Relatives | John Stephens Graham (brother) |
Katherine Graham Howard (September 30, 1898 – January 26, 1986) was a graduate of Smith College with a bachelor's degree in politics and government. During the Eisenhower administration she served in the Federal Civil Defense Administration, U.S. delegate to NATO committee on civil defense, and Deputy U.S. Commissioner General to the Brussels World Fair. She was the daughter of artist Margaret Nowell Graham and Joseph L. Graham, a director at R.J. Reynolds. Her brother was John Stephens Graham.
Katherine Graham was born in Guyton, Georgia and grew up there and in North Carolina. She was the daughter of American artist Margaret Nowell Graham and Joseph L. Graham, who was Chairman of the Board of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the early 1900s. Howard attended Salem Academy, majored in fine arts at Salem College in North Carolina, and obtained her bachelor's degree in politics and government at Smith College in Massachusetts. She was the elder sister of John Stephens Graham and a cousin of Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell.
In 1938, Howard served as director of the Women's Republican Club of Massachusetts and then was made president until 1945. She was an Alternate Delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention in 1944, and from 1945 to 1953 she was a Massachusetts Republican National Committeewoman. For the 1948 Republican National Convention, Howard was a Massachusetts Delegate-at-Large. From 1948 until 1953, she was Secretary of the Republican National Committee and in 1952 was the Secretary of the Republican National Convention. She participated in Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1952 election campaign as a member of his Campaign Policy and Strategy Committee. During this period of increasing political involvement, Howard developed lasting relationships with many leading Republicans, most notably Leverett Saltonstall and Sinclair Weeks from Massachusetts.
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