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White House announcement of Mary Lasker being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
White House announcement of Mary Lasker being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers The White House Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Mary Lasker received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, from President Lyndon Johnson on January 20, 1969, both for her activism on behalf of medical research and her campaign for urban beautification.
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