Scientist and governor, Dixy Lee Ray
By: by Mary Ellen Verheyden-Hilliard ; drawings by Marian Menzel.
Contributors: Menzel, Marian, ill.
Series: An American women in science biography
Publisher: Equity Institute
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Ray, Dixy Lee -- Juvenile literature.; Ray, Dixy Lee.; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women governors -- Washington (State) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women scientists.; Governors.; Governors -- Washington (State)
Description: Relates the story of Dixy Lee Ray, the first woman to be appointed head of the Atomic Energy Commission and the first woman elected governor of the state of Washington.