Maria Freeman Gray (1832–1915) was an American educator, feminist and socialist involved in the Anti-imperialism and Peace movements.

[4] In Iowa in 1862 Gray was president the state branch of the Women's Loyal League, an organization seeking to abolish slavery.

[1] In California she was vice-president of the state branches of the Anti-Imperialist League, the Universal Peace Union, and the American Humane Education Society.

[1] All six candidates lost, but considered it a kind of victory to have been competitive in a race in which women could not legally vote.

[5] In 1900, Gray was chosen to represent California at an International Congress for the Rights of Women in conjunction with the Exposition Universelle in Paris.