Elizabeth Florette Fisher (November 26, 1873 – April 25, 1941) was one of the first field geologists in the United States.

[3] During this same time, she not only continued her career as an instructor at Wellesley College, but also wrote an influential textbook for junior high students called Resources and Industries of the United States.

[4] She graduated from the Boston Girls' High School in 1891, and enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

She began teaching at Wellesley College while she was still a student, and accepted a permanent position after graduating from MIT in 1896 with a thesis on "Geographical History of Lake Cochituate".

[2][4] Fisher studied oil wells in Baku in 1897 on a voyage to Russia with the International Geological Congress.