Dixie Lee Ray

Work : None | Gain social status 1973 (Head of the Atomic Energy Commission) | Work : None | Gain social status 1977 (First woman Govenor of WA state, one term) | Work : None | New Job 1986 (Dir. of American Ecology Corp.) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1990 (First book "Trashing the Planet") | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1993 (Second book "Environmental Overkill") | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Lung (Severe bronchitis, terminal) | Family : Childhood | Family noted (One of five girls) | Family : Relationship | Married late/never (Never) | Lifestyle : Work | Same Job more than 10 yrs (27 years as Professor) | Lifestyle : Social Life | Animals, pets (Dogs went everywhere with her) | Personal : Misc. | Changed name (After Civil War era and location) | Vocation : Education | Teacher (Pro. Univ. of WA) | Vocation : Politics | Government employee (Atomic Energy Commission) | Vocation : Politics | Public office (Govenor of WA) | Vocation : Science | Biology (Marine biologist, zoologist) | Vocation : Writers | Textbook/ Non-fiction (Environmental issues) | Mundane : Misc. Mundane | Achievements (First young lady to climb Mt. Rainier, age 12)