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Myra Tanner Weiis | |
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Born | May 17, 1917 |
Died | September 13, 1997 | (aged 80)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Utah |
Occupation | Politician |
Political party | Socialist Workers |
Spouse |
Murry Weiss (
m. 1942) |
Myra Tanner Weiss (May 17, 1917 – September 13, 1997) was an American Communist following Trotskyism, and a three time U.S. vice presidential candidate of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
Myra Tanner was recruited to the American Trotskyist movement in 1935, [1] while at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. In 1942, she married Murry Weiss, also a member of the SWP. They were living and working for the Party in Los Angeles, and Myra Tanner ran for the mayor of Los Angeles in 1945 and 1949. [2]
Myra Tanner Weiss was the SWP's vice-presidential candidate in 1952, 1956 and 1960, with Farrell Dobbs running for President of the United States. [3] Later in life, she and her husband Murry Weiss became political supporters of the Freedom Socialist Party. [4]