Linda Smith Dyer

Linda Smith Dyer
Dyer in 1998
Born
Linda Smith

August 6, 1948
DiedSeptember 27, 2001 (aged 53)
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.S. mathematics, University of Maine
M.S. mathematics, University of Maine
J.D., University of Maine (1980)
Occupation(s)Lawyer, lobbyist, women's rights activist
Years active1977–2001
Spouses
  • Isaac W. Dyer
  • Charles Jacobs
Children3
AwardsMaine Women's Hall of Fame (2001)

Linda Smith Dyer (August 6, 1948 – September 27, 2001[1]) was an American lawyer, lobbyist, and women's rights activist. After a two-decade legal career, she entered public service as deputy commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture. She co-founded the Maine Women's Lobby and was active in the effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Maine. A member on numerous boards and committees, she was a past president of the Maine State Bar Association and the Family Planning Association of Maine. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2001, a few months before her death.

  1. ^ Dates of birth and death for Linda S. Dyer per the United States Social Security Death Index