Lillian R. Narins

Lillian Ritz Narins (October 14, 1907 - February 12, 1993) was a Philadelphia peace activist and Progressive Party political candidate.

[4] Narins joined the Progressive Party that was founded in 1948 to support Henry A. Wallace's third-party bid for the White House.

In 1949, she collected signatures on a peace petition encouraging the United States to stay out of the conflict that would become the Korean War the following year.

That same year, Narins ran for a seat on the Philadelphia City Council in a special election that followed the death of Republican L. Wallace Egan.

[4] If elected, she pledged to work for a higher minimum wage and a nationalized healthcare system.