biography
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Lasker, Mary
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née Woodward
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1900–94 )
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| biography:
| Philanthropist, born in Watertown, Wisconsin, USA. She worked as an art dealer, then started a dress pattern line called Hollywood Patterns (1932). In 1942 she and her husband Albert (1880–1958) founded the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, using some of the money from the sale of Albert's successful advertising agency, Lord and Thomas Co. The foundation has influenced and supported medical research and public health initiatives in a number of ways, including the coveted Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards. A pink tulip was named for her to honour her urban beautification efforts in New York City and Washington, DC. |
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