Ivy Baker Priest

Women in Public Service » Politics

After serving for several years as Utah’s Republican National Committeewoman and heading up the women’s division of the Republican National Committee, Priest was appointed Treasurer of the United States by Dwight D. Eisenhower. She was only the second woman to hold that office. After eight years in national office, Priest ran for state treasurer in 1966 and again in 1970, becoming the first woman elected to a statewide office in California, where she served alongside Governor Ronald Reagan.