Mary Elizabeth Lease

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American Writer Mary Elizabeth Lease was born Mary Elizabeth Clyens on 11th September, 1850 in Ridgway, Pennsylvania and passed away on 29th Oct 1933 Callicoon, New York aged 83. She is most remembered for People's Joan of Arc. Her zodiac sign is Virgo.

Mary Elizabeth Lease is a member of the following lists: American activists, People from Wichita, Kansas and American women writers.

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First Name	Mary
Middle Name	Elizabeth
Last Name	Lease
Full Name at Birth	Mary Elizabeth Clyens
Alternative Name	Our Queen Mary, Mother Lease, Mary Yellin
Birthday	11th September, 1850
Birthplace	Ridgway, Pennsylvania
Died	29th October, 1933
Place of Death	Callicoon, New York
Zodiac Sign	Virgo
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
Occupation Text	Lecturer, editor, activist
Occupation	Writer
Claim to Fame	People's Joan of Arc

Mary Elizabeth Lease (September 11, 1850 – October 29, 1933) was an American lecturer, writer, Georgist, and political activist. She was an advocate of the suffrage movement as well as temperance but she was best known for her work with the People's Party (Populists). She was born to Irish immigrants Joseph P. and Mary Elizabeth Murray Clyens (an anglization of the Gaelic name Mc Giolla Chaillín), in Ridgway, Pennsylvania. She made her political debut in 1888 with the Union Labor Party or Socialist Labor Party and soon joined the Farmers' Alliance or Populist Party. She was referred to as the "People's Joan of Arc". In that party's 1890 campaign she made more than 160 speeches and claimed credit for the defeat of Kansas senator John Ingalls. She opposed big business and stated flatly that "Wall Street owns the country." , She was called "Our Queen Mary" while campaigning with the Populists candidate James B. Weaver during his 1892 run for president, and also "Mother Lease" by her supporters and "Mary Yellin" by some of her enemies. In 1895, she wrote The Problem of Civilization Solved, and in 1896, she moved to New York City where she edited the democratic newspaper, World. In addition, she worked as an editor for the National Encyclopedia of American Biography. Lease died in Callicoon, New York.

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