Mary D. Cain (born August 17, 1904) was a Mississippi newspaper editor and Democratic politician. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A fiery and outspoken supporter of segregation and other conservative causes, she earned herself the nickname "Hacksaw Mary" ^[1]. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Besides editing the Summit Sun, a weekly newspaper of Pike County, Mississippi, she was the first woman to run for governor in the state, though she never won the office. Pike County is a County located in the US state of Mississippi. A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Cain first came to national attention in 1952 when she refused to pay $42. 87 in social security taxes, calling the program "unconstitutional, immoral and un-American" ^[2]. Social Security, in the United States currently refers to the federal Old-Age Survivors and Disability Insurance ( OASDI) program She considered the federal government in general a "bloated abomination" ^[3]. Cain died on May 6, 1984 at the age of 79. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)

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