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Jacqueline SharpeJacqueline Steiner Jacqueline Steiner American folk singer, songwriter, and social activist (1924–2019) Jacqueline Steiner (September 11, 1924 – January 25, 2019)[1] was an American folk singer, songwriter and social activist. Steiner is known for having written the lyrics to the song "M.T.A.", about a man stuck on the Boston subway because he could not pay the exit fare. "M.T.A." was co-written with Bess Lomax Hawes as part of a Boston political campaign in 1949 and later altered slightly by the popular folk group The Kingston Trio, becoming one of their hits in 1959.[2] Steiner c. 1990. Life and career Steiner was born in New York City and grew up in Greenwich Village. She was Jewish.[3] She graduated from Vassar College… (Source: Wikipedia)
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