Frances Strickland

[3] Frances Smith grew up on a dairy farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky.

After graduating with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Murray State University in 1963, she taught at Westport High School in Jefferson County and worked at various residential programs for children.

In 1976, Smith received her doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Kentucky.

After she graduated, Frances Strickland served as a public school psychologist for many years.

For Strickland, its agricultural theme, particularly the windmill, recalled her childhood on a dairy farm.