Ivy Maud Baker Priest (1905–75,) née Baker, was an American politician and political organizer. She served as Treasurer of the United States 1953–61 and California State Treasurer 1967–75.
Born in Kimberly, Utah, Priest served in many posts in the Republican Party, including president of Utah Young Republicans 1934–36 and president of the Utah Legislative League 1937–39. She ran unsuccessfully for the Utah State Legislature in 1934 and for Congress in 1950.
In 1952, President Dwight D Eisenhower appointed Priest treasurer of the United States. She was the second woman to hold that appointment and served for eight years. From 1966–74, she was treasurer for the state of California. In 1968, she placed Ronald Reagan, then California Governor, in nomination for the Republican Party’s nominee for U.S. president; she was the first woman to do so.
Priest’s autobiography is Green Grows Ivy (1958.)
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The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.
—Ivy Baker Priest
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