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Mary Elizabeth Lease's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1888
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Mary Elizabeth Lease's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1888
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Campaign Title
Mary Elizabeth Lease's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1888
Candidate
Lease, Mary Elizabeth
Marital Status
Married
Political Office - Local
County Superintendent of Schools
Campaign Success
No
Political Party During Campaign
Union Labor
Political Office Type
County
Education
Campaign Date
1888
County
Sedwick
State/Territory
Kansas
Region
Mid-West
Resources
The 'People's Joan of Arc' : Mary Elizabeth Lease, Gendered Politics, and Populist Party Politics...
The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
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Mary Elizabeth Lease was a People's (Populist) Party activist and writer concerned with women's issues, labor and farmer's rights, temperance, and Irish nationalism. As a young woman she taught school. Lease later studied law and was…
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