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1. Mary Woodard Lasker: First Lady of Medical Research

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2. A Tribute to Mary Woodard Lasker

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3. Hillary Clinton and Mary Lasker: A Photo in Proper Focus

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4. Mary Lasker and Hillary Clinton at the 1993 Lasker Awards luncheon

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5. Letter from President George H. W. Bush [on the awarding of the Maxwell Finland Award to Mary Lasker and Michael DeBakey]

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6. Letter from Mario M. Cuomo to Mary Lasker

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7. Letter from Mary Lasker to Edward M. Kennedy

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8. Letter from Edward M. Kennedy to Mary Lasker

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9. Letter from Mary Lasker to William H. Natcher

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10. Letter from Samuel Broder to Mary Lasker

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11. Letter from Jack Gruber to Mary Lasker

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12. Letter from James D. Watkins to Mary Lasker

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13. Letter from Mary Lasker to James D. Watkins

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14. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

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15. Letter from Claude Pepper to Mary Lasker

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16. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

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17. Mary Lasker, Lady Bird Johnson, and Michael DeBakey at the 1983 Lasker Medical Research Awards luncheon

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18. Letter from Douglas A. Fraser to Mary Lasker

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19. Committee for National Health Insurance Program for 1981

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20. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

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21. Disease Lobbies: Where, How of NIH Spending

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22. Letter from Edward M. Kennedy to Mary Lasker

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23. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

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24. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

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25. Letter from Mary Lasker to R. Lee Clark

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26. Letter from Mary Lasker to Kari Cantell

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27. Letter from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to Mary Lasker

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28. Letter from Werner Henle to Mary Lasker

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29. FDA Urged to Ban Drug Used in Effort to Bar Heart Attacks

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30. Letter from Jimmy Carter to Mary Lasker

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31. Letter from Lister Hill to Mary Lasker

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32. Letter from Ernst L. Wynder to Mary Lasker

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33. Letter from Max W. Fine to Mary Lasker

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34. Letter from Mary Lasker to Max W. Fine

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35. Letter from Max W. Fine to Mary Lasker

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36. Letter from Mary Lasker to Max W. Fine

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37. Letter from Frank J. Rauscher, Jr. to Mary Lasker

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38. Letter from Mary Lasker to Leonard Woodcock

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39. Letter from Leonard Woodcock to Mary Lasker

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40. Letter from Mary Lasker to Thomas J. McIntyre

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41. Letter from Thomas J. McIntyre to Mary Lasker

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42. Letter from George McGovern to Mary Lasker

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43. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

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44. Mary Lasker at the first meeting of the National Cancer Advisory Board at the National Cancer Institute

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45. Mary Lasker with Senator George McGovern during his 1972 Presidential campaign

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46. The Politics of Cancer

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47. Letter from Florence Mahoney to Mary Lasker

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48. Health Alliance Seeks Extra $1 Billion

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49. Letter from Mary Lasker to Leonard Woodcock

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50. Letter from Max W. Fine to Mary Lasker

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51. Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Mary Lasker

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52. Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Mary Lasker

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53. Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Mary Lasker

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54. Memorandum from Hubert H. Humphrey to Mary Lasker

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55. Letter from Mary Lasker to Melvin R. Laird

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56. Letter from Lister Hill to Mary Lasker

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57. Letter from Ralph W. Yarborough to Mary Lasker

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58. Letter from Edward M. Kennedy to Mary Lasker

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59. Letter from Sidney Farber to Mary Lasker

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60. Mr. Nixon: You Can Cure Cancer

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61. Letter from Robert J. Huebner to Lloyd Shearer

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62. Letter from Walter P. Reuther to Sidney Farber

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63. Letter from Mary Lasker to Walter P. Reuther

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64. Letter from Mary Lasker to Robert H. Finch

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65. Letter from Lister Hill to Mary Lasker

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66. White House announcement of Mary Lasker being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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67. Need for a Commission on the Conquest of Cancer as a National Goal by 1976

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68. Showdown Set Tuesday on Heart-Drug Study

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69. Letter from Lady Bird Johnson to Mary Lasker

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70. Heart Research and the 'Lobby'

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71. Letter from Lady Bird Johnson to Mary Lasker

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72. $4 Million for Unsought NIH Study

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73. Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to William S. Clark

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74. Letter from Robert J. Huebner to Mary Lasker

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75. Six suggested research activities to be initiated or expanded at the National Cancer Institute with additional funding

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76. Letter from Paul Kotin to Mary Lasker

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77. Mary Lasker with two people in a garden

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78. Letter from Sidney Farber to Mary Lasker

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79. Letter from Mary Lasker to Wilbur J. Cohen

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80. Letter from Lister Hill to Mary Lasker

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81. Letter from Torbjorn Caspersson to Mary Lasker

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82. Mary Lasker in front of one of her paintings

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83. Mary Lasker with Bob Hope and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Martino at the ACP Humanitarian Award Dinner

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84. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

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85. Letter from Mary Lasker to James A. Shannon

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86. Letter from James A. Shannon to Mary Lasker

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87. Letter from Kenneth M. Endicott to Mary Lasker

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88. Letter from Gaylord Nelson to Mary Lasker

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89. Letter from Lister Hill to Mary Lasker

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90. Letter from Mary Lasker to Lister Hill

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91. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

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92. Letter from R. H. Felix to Mary Lasker

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93. Mary Lasker by some of her lilies

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94. Mary Lasker at tree planting ceremony with New York City Mayor Robert Wagner

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95. Letter from Lister Hill to Melvin R. Laird

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96. Speech from Lister Hill (in absentia) honoring Mary Lasker at a tribute dinner in her honor

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97. Letter from Truman Capote to Mary Lasker

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98. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

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99. Letter from Mary Lasker to Harry Lyons

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100. Letter from Harry Lyons to Mary Lasker

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