Lillian Estelle Fisher (May 1, 1891 – May 4, 1988)[1][2] was one of the first women to earn a doctorate in Latin American history in the U.S. She published important works on Spanish colonial administration; a biography of Manuel Abad y Queipo, reform bishop-elect of Michoacan; and a monograph on the Tupac Amaru rebellion in Peru.
As distinguished colonial Latin American historian John J. TePaske put it in 1968, "At least three generations of graduate students have studied the works of Lillian Estelle Fisher.
She also wrote a monograph on the background to Mexican independence, and her research on Masons in that era continues to be cited.
Fisher served as the Secretary of the Conference on Latin American History in 1938, when major organizational decisions were taken.
[9] Fisher donated her papers, unpublished novels, and personal correspondence to the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.