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Ivy Baker Priest (September 7, 1905-June 23, 1975) was a politician. She served as United States Treasurer, January 28, 1953 - January 29, 1961. She later became California State Treasurer for two terms, 1967-1975. She ran for congress in Utah under the Republican ticket in 1934 and 1950, but lost both times. She is the mother of Pat Priest, an actress most famous for playing Marilyn Munster in the 1960's television show The Munsters.
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- "We women don’t care too much about getting our pictures on money as long as we can get our hands on it."
- "We seldom stop to think how many peoples' lives are entwined with our own. It is a form of selfishness to imagine that every individual can operate on his own or can pull out of the general stream and not be missed."
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