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American educator

Joan Fischer Targ (July 8, ^[1][2] – June 2, ) was an American educator who was an early proponent of computer literacy and initiated peer tutoring programs for students of all ages.

As a child, she bought her younger brother, Bobby Fischer—widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time—his first chess set and taught him how to play the game.

Early life

Joan Fischer was born in Moscow, Soviet Union in to Hans-Gerhardt Fischer, a German-born biophysicist,^[3] and his wife, Regina Wender Fischer, a Swiss-born naturalized American citizen of Russian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish ancestry.

Regina Fischer left Moscow because of the persecution of Jews in the s, bringing her child with her to the United States. She spoke seven languages fluently and was a teacher, registered nurse, and eventually a physician.^[4][5]

After living in several cities in various parts of the United States, i