Papers, 1991-2002

Kushner, Rose, 1929-1990

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Rose Rehert Kushner (June 22, 1929 – January 7, 1990) was an American journalist and pioneering advocate for breast cancer patients. She wrote the 1975 book Why Me? What Every Woman Should Know About Breast Cancer to Save Her Life. Rose Rehert was born on June 22, 1929, in Baltimore, Maryland. Her parents were Eastern European immigrants Israel and Fannie Gravitz Rehert, both of whom died by the time she was 10 years old. As a child, she aspired to a career as a physician, but her family was ...

Dickersin, Kay

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The National Breast Cancer Coalition was born as the Breast Cancer Coalition in May 1991, when organizations that belonged to NABCO, and others, were invited to meet in Washington, D.C., if they were interested in forming a political action group centered on issues of breast cancer. Dickersin attended with Marsha Oakley, who with KD had co-founded Arm-in-Arm, a Baltimore-based breast cancer support group At the D.C. meeting, organized by Susan Hester (Mary Helen Mautner Project for ...

Oakley, Marsha

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Arm-in-Arm (Organization)

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Barr, Patricia

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Love, Susan M.

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National Breast Cancer Coalition

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Drummond, Annette

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Kahn, Mary Jo Ellis

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