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.