Mary Fisher
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- Mary Fisher's grave art. John, Warren St.; Lahr, John // New Yorker;9/11/95, Vol. 71 Issue 27, p33
Focuses on the art of Mary Fisher. Fisher's art style; Social agility; Fisher's work on AIDS information; Art exhibitions; Fisher's comments on her art.
- The Gathering. // Quilter's Newsletter Magazine;Apr/May2012, Issue 427, p65
The article offers step-by-step instructions for making "The Gathering" collection of quilt created by Mary Fisher.
- Into the breach. // Time;10/19/1992, Vol. 140 Issue 16, p24
Reveals that Mary Fisher, who contracted the AIDS virus from her former husband, has been named by President George Bush to replace Magic Johnson on the National Commission on AIDS. The daughter of Max Fisher, a top GOP contributor, she recently founded the Family AIDS Network, a support group...
- An heiress fights AIDS. Gleick, Elizabeth; Sider, Don // People;8/17/92, Vol. 38 Issue 7, p54
Looks at heiress Mary Fisher's work to warn others in and out of her circle of wealthy friends about the dangers of AIDS. Fisher, 44, contracted the virus from her ex-husband, and is now head of the Family AIDS Network, which she created. Background; Political life; Personal life.
- The messenger. Shaw, Daniel; Picayo, Jose // Town & Country;Dec92, Vol. 146 Issue 5151, p90
Presents the 1992 Generous American Award from `Town & Country,' to Mary Fisher, successful artist, a one-time producer and former staff assistant to President Gerald Ford, mother and victim of AIDS. Offered up her life, its privacy, its joys and its once secret sorrows to bring the message of...
- `You are at risk.' // U.S. News & World Report;8/31/92-9/7/92, Vol. 113 Issue 9, p26
Presents excerpts from the speech given at the GOP national convention by Mary Fisher, a 44-year-old Florida Republican who got the AIDS virus from her former husband. AIDS doesn't discriminate; A pledge of courage; The need to make room for compassion and sound policy; Comments to her children.
- A Pilgrim's Progress: Metaphor, in the Rhetoric of Mary Fisher, AIDS Activist. McGee, Jennifer J. // Women's Studies in Communication;Fall2003, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p191
Focuses on the first two years of AIDS activist Mary Fisher's career as a public speaker in the U.S. Occurrence of a rhetorical shift; Creation of an organized metaphor of the AIDS experience; Struggle of Fisher with the same issues that engage more radical activists.
- IN NEED OF HOPE. Fields-Meyer, Thomas; Sims Podesta, Jane // People;07/24/2000, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p58
Focuses on the work of AIDS activist Mary Fisher and her visit to Africa in an attempt to teach and learn from victims there.
- Tapped. // Advocate;10/5/93, Issue 639, p19
Announces that Miss America Leanza Cornett selected Florida AIDS activist Mary Fisher for the Miss America pageant's annual Women of Achievement Award. Remarks of Fisher on her being chosen for the award.
