The good deeds which made up her life represent the kind of person that she was. Miss Lasker was a graduate of Vassar College and of the New York School for Social Work. Throughout her life she was concerned with the situation of the newly arrived immigrant and with the living conditions of the poorer people in our large cities. especially New York. In 1921. she was appointed by the U.S. Commissioner of Immigration a member of a commission to advise about giving welfare assistance to immigrants who were not yet able to depend upon themselves for their needs. She founded. and was board chairman of the Citizens Housing & Planning Council of New York. she was a member of the board of the Urban League of Greater New York. of the National Housing Conference. and of the National Housing Foundation. She wrote a number of articles on the needs of immigrants and war refugees. and on housing and urban renewal. Miss Lasker was a vice president of Hadassah. the womens Zionist organization of America. Hadassah has provided. for those who have found refuge and a new home in Israel. a wide system of medical and social services.
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