Mary Lee Tate (1893–1939), was an American visual artist and teacher.

Tate was African American, and had also worked as an art teacher at local Black schools in Cincinnati, Ohio.

[1][9] She and another teacher at the Douglas School were sued by a student in 1918, for allegations of a physical assault.

[1] Tate exhibited her artwork at the New York Public Library, in 1921; with the Harmon Foundation, between 1928 and 1931; and with the Smithsonian Institution, in 1930.

[11][12] Her notable works include Summer; Twilight; A Mountain Trail; In the Canyon; and Morning Mist.