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Wisconsin woman to appear on stamp

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 10:02 a.m.

WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — A Watertown native will soon be shown on a postage stamp.

The U.S. Postal Service will release a Mary Woodard Lasker stamp on May 14 as part of its "Distinguished Americans" series.

Lasker, who died in 1994, was an advocate of medical research for cancer, stroke, heart disease, AIDS and other illnesses.

She and her husband created the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, which gives the Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards.

President Lyndon Johnson awarded her the nation’s highest civilian honor in 1969: the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Lasker was born in Watertown in 1900, attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1923.

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BostonBill
Mar 1, 2009 at 12:45 a.m.
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There have been way too many women whom have been slighted historically. gina51, I agree with you. After reading this article, I began researching the history of Mary Woodard Lasker and as usual, there are detractors but she was quite an amazing person.

gina51
Feb 28, 2009 at 9:34 p.m.
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Mostly women didn't make the history books because history books were written by men.

gina51
Feb 28, 2009 at 9:33 p.m.
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A lot of women didn't make the history books.

doc0430
Feb 28, 2009 at 9:12 p.m.
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crisblue813- You didn't learn about her in school I'm guessing because, she wasn't in A movie, or the Magician didn't tell us about her between tricks on that Saturday! I would be willing to bet that 3/4 of our Teachers didn't even know about her until this article....

crisblue813
Feb 28, 2009 at 5:51 p.m.
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wow! thats awesome!
why didnt i learn about her in school?

prevention
Feb 28, 2009 at 5:21 p.m.
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it seems she was a legendary woman and pioneer for females in the professions when women weren't too welcomed.

Finally, something positive out of Wisconsin, eh?

SarahB
Feb 28, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.
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Cool.

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