Mary Elizabeth Lease and William Jennings Bryan were passionate speakers around the United States severe recession of the 1890s.
They both spoke passionately on behalf of farmers and the less powerful.
Among other speeches' similarities we can name:
- Taking a Stand for Farmers’ Rights
- Standing up against government's corruption at the time, and against the misuse of the public treasury.
- Their passionate speeches were populists and used to highlight the Income Inequality.