Ka cika wannan magana: An haifi Maynard a Waterbury, Connecticut, kuma ya yi shekara goma sha takwas yana aikin nas a Harlem, New York, kafin ya ƙaura zuwa Tucson, Arizona, a shekara ta 1946. A lokacin shekarun 1950 ta yi aiki a matsayin jami'in a NAACP na Arizona kuma ta kasance mai aiki a Jam'iyyar Democrat ta Arizona, tana aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin a kan sashen da kuma sashen, kuma ya halarci taron na NAACP na Arizona a shekara ta 1950.
Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1956. A shekarar 1966, an zabe ta a majalisar wakilan Arizona kuma ta yi aiki har sai da aka ci ta a zaben 1972.