Biography of dixie lee ray quotes

Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was a Democratic politician and the seventeenth governor of Washington State in the United States1977–1981, making her the first woman to hold that position.

Quotes

• A nuclear-power plant is infinitely safer than eating, because 300 people choke to death on food every year.
  • October 1975, quoted in a Seattle Times obituary published January 3, 1994.
  • Don Duncan, Mark Matassa, Jim Simon, "Dixy Lee Ray: Unpolitical, Unique, Uncompromising", January 3, 1994, Seattle Times. Accessed 28 August 2012.
  • Although this comment is quoted approvingly by nuclear industry supporters, it is also frequently cited mockingly or ironically by nuclear-industry opponents as an example of what they consider "absurd" arguments: "While industry leaders no longer proclaimed that nuclear power would be so plentiful that it would be 'too cheap to meter,' it concocted new lies such as 'no one has ever died from nuclear powe

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    Dixy Lee Ray

    American politician (1914–1994)

    Dixy Lee Ray
    In office January 12, 1977 – January 14, 1981
    Lieutenant	John Cherberg
    Preceded by	Daniel J. Evans
    Succeeded by	John Spellman
    In office January 19, 1975 – June 20, 1975
    President	Gerald Ford
    Preceded by	Position established
    Succeeded by	Frederick Irving
    In office February 6, 1973 – January 18, 1975
    President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
    Preceded by	James Schlesinger
    Succeeded by	Position abolished
    Born	Marguerite Ray (1914-09-03)September 3, 1914 Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
    Died	January 2, 1994(1994-01-02) (aged 79) Fox Island, Washington, U.S.
    Political party	Democratic
    Education	Mills College (BS, MS) Stanford University (PhD)
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    Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was an American academic, forskare, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Washington from 1977 to 1

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  Dr. Dixy Lee Ray was a marine biologist, associate professor at the University of Washington, and director of Seattle's Pacific Science Center. In 1972 President Richard Nixon (1913-1994) appointed her to serve on the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), which she chaired from 1973 to 1975. In 1976 she became the first woman to be elected governor of Washington. The Seattle-King County Association of Realtors named Dixy Lee Ray First Citizen of 1973.

  Early Life

  Dixy Lee Ray was born September 3, 1914, in Tacoma. Her mother was Frances Adams Ray. Her father, Alvis Marion Ray, was a commercial printer. The second in a family of five girls, Dixy Lee quickly carved out a niche as the tomboy. Originally named Marguerite, family lore had it that Ray was often referred to ruefully as "the little dickens." The phrase is a gentle way to call someone a little devil. Dickens evolved to Dixy. Ray is said to have chosen her middle name in reference to a family ancestry to Robert E. Lee. Whatever