Dixy Lee Ray

Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was a Democratic politician and the seventeenth governor of Washington State in the United States 1977–1981, making her the first woman to hold that position.

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"A nuclear-power plant is infinitely safer than eating, because 300 people choke to death on food every year."

- Dixy Lee Ray

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"Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle."

- Dixy Lee Ray

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