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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
JFKOH-MAL-01
Interviewee(s)
Lasker, Mary W. (Mary Woodward), 1900-1994
Biographical Note
(1900 - 1994) health activist and philanthropist; cofounder of the Lasker Foundation; founder of the National Health Education Committee; president of the Birth Control Federation of America; winner of a Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969) and the Congressional Gold Medal (1989); a personal acquaintance of John F. Kennedy and later, after his death, a close friend of several members of the Kennedy family.
Interviewer(s)
Charles T. Morrissey
Access Restriction Status
Closed Pending Processing
Use Restriction Status
Interview Closed
Description
In this interview Lasker discusses her work lobbying for different health and medical programs such as a presidential commission on strokes; her encounters with John F. Kennedy [JFK], both in the White House and socially; her friendship with Adlai E. Stevenson and his experience during the 1960 presidential campaigns; and her work on the National Cultural Center Board which she suggested be renamed as a memorial for JFK, among other issues.
Date(s) of Materials
18 April 1966
Deed Status
Deeded
Copyright Status
Donated to the United States
Collection
Series
Series 1. John F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1964-2012.
Preferred Citation
Mrs. Albert Lasker, recorded interview by Charles T. Morrissey, April 18, 1966, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program.
Subject(s)
Organization(s)
Use Restriction Note
Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
Accession Number
OH 1972-021
Transcript
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