10 Facts About Ethel Maynard

Ethel Reed Maynard was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on November 23,1905.

Ethel Maynard worked as a registered nurse in Harlem, New York, for eighteen years before moving to Tucson, Arizona, in 1946.

Ethel Maynard married Aubre de Lambert Maynard on August 15,1928, with whom she had one child before divorcing in 1930.

Ethel Maynard was selected to serve as second vice-president of the Arizona NAACP in 1951.

Ethel Maynard was appointed to the advisory board of the Tucson Democratic Central Committee by chairman W Evans Bagley in 1957, and later named to the board of directors of the Tucson Democratic Central Committee in 1959.

On July 19,1963, Ethel Maynard announced that she would seek the Democratic nomination for a seat on the Tucson city council from ward one, but placed fourth out of four candidates.

In July 1966, Ethel Maynard announced that she would seek the Democratic nomination for a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives from the 7th district.

Ethel Maynard was appointed to serve on the public health and welfare and state government committees during the 28th session of the Arizona legislature in 1967.

Ethel Maynard served as a member of the 1968 Tucson Commission on Human Relations which oversaw racial integration in multiple areas.

Ethel Maynard was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.