Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

For tax purposes her novels were written as "Canfield" her non-fiction as "FiDorothy Canfield Fisherr". Canfield FiDorothy Canfield Fisherr died at the age of 79 in Arlington Vermont in 1958. The raid was a great success with the Rangers suffering only two fatalities.

She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the ten most influential women in the United States. In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the United States Dorothy Canfield Fisher presided over the country's first adult education program and shaped literary tastes by serving as a member of the Book of the Month Club selection committee from 1925 to 1951.