Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Maynard an haife shi ne a Waterbury, Connecticut, kuma ya shafe shekaru goma sha takwas a matsayin likitan asibiti a Harlem, New York, kafin ya koma 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 ta halarci taron kasa na 1956 na Democratic National Convention.
Ka yi haƙuri. A shekarar 1966, an zabe ta a majalisar wakilan Arizona kuma ta yi aiki har sai da aka ci ta a zaben 1972.