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was renamed in her honour in 2000. On May 14, 2009 the United States Postal
Service honored Lasker with the issuance of a stamp of face value 78 cents, designed by Mark Summers. The stamp was released, in part, as recognition of a renewed US government commitment to funding of biomedical research. A
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352:'s wife, Bess Clark Braniff, who was elected to the board after the untimely death of her husband in January 1954. Mary Lasker's appointment to the Braniff board was rare and she joined a very small group of women who were directors at large American corporations.
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Together, they were the first to apply the power of modern advertising and promotion to fighting cancer. They joined the
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in 1942 to promote medical research. The Lasker Award is considered the most prestigious
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Lasker worked as an art dealer at
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605:"The Most Interesting Adman in the World: The Story of Albert Lasker"
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920:"What's New: Mary Lasker Collection Added to Profiles in Science"
706:"Mary W. Lasker, Philanthropist For Medical Research, Dies at 93"
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Casebook for the Foundation: A Great American Secret
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587:"Mary Woodard Lasker: First Lady of Medical Research"
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868:The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
565:"The Mary Lasker Papers: Biographical Information"
480:The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
181:Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal for Humanitarianism
747:. Vol. 14, no. 1. 2002. p. 24.
303:wrote about Lasker numerous times in her book
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677:Advertising to the American Woman, 1900-1999
374:Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service
16:American health activist and philanthropist
924:United States National Library of Medicine
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1039:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
230:In 1938 she became the president of the
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1049:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
500:"Wisconsin woman to appear on stamp".
249:until his death in the early 1950s of
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1029:Congressional Gold Medal recipients
789:William Talman Anti-Smoking Ad 1968
387:Birth Control Federation of America
267:With her husband, they created the
232:Birth Control Federation of America
142:Paul Reinhardt (1926–34; divorced)
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360:Mary Lasker is a recipient of the
258:national health insurance proposal
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1059:Burials at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
983:Notable New Yorkers - Mary Lasker
841:"Mary Woodard Lasker (1901-1994)"
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1034:People from Watertown, Wisconsin
796:from the original on 2021-12-19.
585:Hunt, Neen (December 13, 2007).
525:. Watertown Historical Society.
213:University of Wisconsin, Madison
85:University of Wisconsin, Madison
523:History of Watertown, Wisconsin
941:United States Postal Service.
325:and other plants to put along
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865:Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010).
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422:Research to Prevent Blindness
412:National Institutes of Health
362:Presidential Medal of Freedom
346:Braniff Airways, Incorporated
313:bulbs for parkways along the
294:National Institutes of Health
166:Presidential Medal of Freedom
826:Joel L. Fleishman, et al.
766:"The Lasker Awards Overview"
340:Braniff Airways board member
902:B-Liner Employee Newsletter
738:"Grantees Win Lasker Award"
675:Hill, Daniel Delis (2002).
646:Gourley, Catherine (2008).
241:Her second marriage was to
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256:The Laskers supported the
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544:"The Mary Lasker Papers"
370:Congressional Gold Medal
176:Congressional Gold Medal
417:American Cancer Society
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356:Awards and recognition
245:advertising executive
74:Greenwich, Connecticut
519:"Mary Woodard Lasker"
317:and for thousands of
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350:Thomas Elmer Braniff
209:Watertown, Wisconsin
157:Sara Johnson Woodard
155:Frank Elwin Woodard
147:(1940–52; his death)
94:University of Oxford
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768:. Lasker Foundation
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366:Four Freedoms Award
327:Pennsylvania Avenue
306:A White House Diary
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273:Nobel Prize
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487:References
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113:Art dealer
100:Occupation
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