voc, *1924 US, New York City
Singer / Songwriter
Jacqueline Steiner (born c. 1924) is 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.Steiner graduated from Vassar College and attended graduate courses at Radcliffe College.