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Mary D. Cain (born August 17, 1904 - May 6, 1984) was a Mississippi newspaper editor and Democratic politician. A fiery and outspoken supporter of segregation and other conservative causes, she earned herself the nickname "Hacksaw Mary" ^[1]. 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. 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]. She considered the federal government in general a "bloated abomination" ^[3]. Cain died on May 6, 1984 at the age of 79.

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