City Wichita Sedgwick County Era Populism in Kansas Linked Lucas Linked Medicine Lodge Linked Topeka By 1890 Mary Elizabeth Lease of Wichita was a leading People’s Party speaker and campaigned across Kansas. Connected through Wichita to Populism in Kansas to Lucas Wichita to Populism in Kansas to Medicine Lodge Wichita to Populism in Kansas to Topeka Sources Wichita Mary Elizabeth Lease Populism