Lethia Cousins Fleming (November 7, 1876 – September 22, 1963) was an African-American suffragist, teacher, social worker, civil rights activist, and she was active in Republican politics at both local and national levels.
[3][6] Tom was a lawyer and at that time had served one term as Cleveland city councilman, the marriage to Lethia was his second.
[3] In 1914, Lethia Fleming was chair the Board of Lady Managers of the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People.
[9] Starting in 1920, Fleming directed national campaign efforts among Black women for three Republican presidential candidates, Warren G. Harding (1920), Herbert Hoover (1936), and Alfred M. Landon (1940).
[3] In 1929, Fleming made an attempt to run for a seat in the Cleveland city council, after her husband had been imprisoned.