Maxine Gail Swanson Fisher

		     Highmore, South Dakota, USA

		       Brick Section G - Row 11

Maxine Gail Swanson Fisher was born in Highmore, South Dakota on
September 4, 1923. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with
a bachlor of science in nursing in 1946. She married Ernest F. Fisher
in 1947 and spent the next 21 years rearing 5 children. In 1959 Maxine
and Ernie moved their family to a farm near Zearing, Iowa where Maxine
became active in community affairs. She was the first woman elected to
the Zearing Board of Education in 1968. In that year, Maxine also went
back to work as a public health nurse in Story County. In 1969 Maxine
took a position as a school nurse in Marshalltown, Iowa where she
influenced the lives of thousands of young Iowans. While holding down
her full time job, she also received her masters degree in counselor
education from Iowa State University at the age of 56. Maxine chose
this particular area for her masters degree because she had found that
counseling was a very important part of her work with children. She
continued to work as a school nurse until 1989. After she retired from
school nursing, Maxine worked part time at the colonial Manor Nursing
Home in Zearing Iowa until she was 70. Maxine always felt that her
family and her career in nursing helped to contribute to a full and
satisfying life. 2/24/95

Narrative Updated: 2/24/1995
Honored By:	Rebecca Coats

Found at:
http://www.las.iastate.edu/kiosk/1610.shtml

Iowa State University, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
Plaza of Heroines, biography accompanying Maxine's commemorative brick.