"Kansas suffers from two great robbers, the Sante Fe railroad and the loan sharks. The common people are robbed to enrich their masters."
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Mary Elizabeth Lease, "The Red Dragon of Wall Street Vs. the Farmer" (1891)
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Mary Elizabeth Lease
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 but she was best known for her work with the People's Party (Populists).
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