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Dixy Lee Ray
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03 Sept 1914
† 02 Jan 1994
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Biography
Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was an American academic, scientist, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Washington from 1977 to 1981. Variously described as idiosyncratic and "ridiculously smart," she was the state's first female governor and was in office during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dixy Lee Ray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Marguerite Ray
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