Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914-January 2, 1994) was the seventeenth governor of Washington State in the United States, and the first woman to hold that position (for one term, from 1977 until 1981). She was born Marguerite Ray; at twelve, she changed her name to "Dixy Lee". She attended Mills College and later graduated from Stanford University. Ray was a marine biologist and taught at the University of Washington from 1947 until 1972. Wikipedia
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