Linda Smith Dyer (August 6, 1948 – September 27, 2001[1]) was an American lawyer, lobbyist, and women's rights activist.

[2] In the 1980s and 1990s she specialized in legislative advocacy,[2] representing numerous groups including Tetra Pak Inc., a manufacturer of juice boxes,[4] ITW Hi-Cone,[5] and dairy and milk companies.

[12] She rebutted claims by opponents that the amendment would yield taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income women and legalize same-sex marriage in the state.

[2] She served as chair and trustee of the Cobbossee Watershed District, was a labor consultant for the Maine State Employees Association and sat on the board of directors of Cushnoc Bank and Trust Company.

[3][8] She carried out independent research surveying equal employment opportunity practices in the state government for the Maine Human Rights Commission.

[2] The Maine Women's Policy Center established the Linda Smith Dyer Fellowship for qualifying law students in her memory.

[9][10][14] Her second husband is Charles Jacobs, a deputy commissioner for the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, with whom she had one daughter.