Title:

Letter from Mary Lasker to Mike Gorman

Creator:

Lasker, Mary

Recipient:

Gorman, Mike and Democratic National Committee (U.S.)

Date:

17 March 1951

Description:

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.

Original Repository:

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers

Location:

Box: 192

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Legislation as Topic

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers. 12417

Legacy ID:

TLBBHR

NLM ID:

101584665X118

Profiles Collection:

The Mary Lasker Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X118

Story Section:

Mary Lasker and the Growth of the National Institutes of Health