“We are living in a grand and wonderful time. A time when old ideas, traditions, and customs have broken loose from their moorings and are hopelessly adrift on the great shoreless, boundless sea of human thought.”

About Mary Elizabeth Lease

Activist • American

Mary Elizabeth Lease was an influential American lecturer, writer, and political activist advocating for the Populist Party in the late 19th century. She was a powerful orator known for her passionate speeches on behalf...