To assist her in her lobbying effort, Lasker hired Mike Gorman, a straight-talking journalist who had exposed grave deficiencies and abuse in mental hospitals in several states, including Florida (at the behest of Florence Mahoney and her husband's newspaper, the Miami Daily News). He would work for Lasker for the next forty years as director of her lobbying organization in Washington, the National Mental Health Committee, later the National Committee Against Mental Illness.
Number of Image Pages:
1 (90,374 Bytes)
Date:
1951-03-17 (March 17, 1951)
Creator:
[Lasker, Mary]
Recipient:
Gorman, Mike
Democratic National Committee
Source:
Original Repository: Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Legislation
Exhibit Category:
Mary Lasker and the Growth of the National Institutes of Health
