She spent 30 months with the USO entertaining American troops at military bases and hospitals in Europe and the Pacific during World War II.
Actress Clara Bow and her husband, actor Rex Bell, served respectively as the maid of honor and the best man at the Slesingers' wedding.
In 1964, she married Fred Lasswell,[1] a Reuben Award-winning cartoonist and inventor, who drew the comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.
Lasswell also invented the first practical citrus harvester and created creative educational programs for schools.
The deal included the rights to Winnie the Pooh, as well as the other now famous characters, such as Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Tigger and Owl.
"[2] Lasswell initially began designing Winnie the Pooh related products, such as clothing, toys and dolls for sale at upscale American department stores in the 1950s under Stephen Slesinger, Inc.[2] However, Lasswell also began to expand Winnie the Pooh into other markets.