Articles by or about Dorothy Canfield Fisher
One of the best town meetings
Times-Argus Newspaper - March 4, 2001 - By Christopher Graff
"It is, quite simply, the most eloquent ode to town meeting ever told. It was written 50 years ago by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Here is the story as she told it in her 1953 book, "Vermont Tradition."
Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Returning to ‘The Home-Maker’
Times-Argus Newspaper - November 22, 2002 - By Francette Cerulli
Some books are touchstones. They bear reading then rereading later in life. At least 10 years have passed since I first read Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s 1924 novel, “The Home-Maker.” The scene that I recalled most clearly from back then still has the power to move me today.
History: How Dorothy Canfield Fisher burnished Vermont’s image
Times-Argus Newspaper - November 22, 2003 - By Mark Bushnell
During the early 20th century, Vermont’s leading advocate was, by birth, a Midwestern. Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born in Lawrence, Kan., in 1879 and grew up in Lincoln, Neb., where her father was chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher quote:
"Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young."