Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker

Contributor(s):
Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers
Lasker, Mary
Gorman, Mike
National Mental Health Committee
Publication:
Produced: 14 April 1954
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Mental Health
Lobbying
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
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.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
4 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584665X115 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
TLBBHN
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X115
Archival Collection:
The Mary Lasker Papers (Profiles in Science)