The Problem of Civilization Solved
| Title | The Problem of Civilization Solved |
| Year for Search | 1895 |
| Authors | Lease, Mary Elizabeth [Clyens](1850-1933) |
| Date Published | 1895 |
| Publisher | Laird and Lee |
| Place Published | Chicago, IL |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | Eutopia but also racist. Tropical emigration by whites--". . . fifty million white families as planters on estates of 200 acres each, with three families of Negroes or Orientals as tillers of the soil" (17). |
| Holding Institutions | KU |
| Author Note | The female author (1850-1933) was active in the Populist Party and became an activist for temperance and suffrage for both African-Americans and women. |
| Full Text | 1895 Lease, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (1850-1933). The Problem of Civilization Solved. Chicago, IL: Laird and Lee. KU Eutopia but also racist. Tropical emigration by whites--“. . . fifty million white families as planters on estates of 200 acres each, with three families of Negroes or Orientals as tillers of the soil” (17). The female author was active in the Populist Party and became an activist for temperance and suffrage for both African-Americans and women. |
