AbsentTea Success and One Woman’s Leadership

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

We had a small group at our AbsentTea and it was most enjoyable, but it is thanks to all of your generosity that we raised $1,640. This is a great start for our first attempt at fundraising this way.

This month’s theme is Women’s Leadership and Vision. Did you know that the United States has had 46 Treasurers?

Eighteen of them have been women.

Of these 18 women – the one who served longest – was Ivy Baker Priest. She served for eight years from 1953 to 1961 under President Eisenhower.

She was then elected Treasurer of California from 1967 to 1975 under Governor Ronald Reagan.

She became the first woman to nominate a candidate for President from a major political party when she offered Ronald Reagan’s name at the 1980 Republican Convention.

She was married twice and had four children.

Fun fact, her daughter Pat Priest played Marilyn on the 1964-65 TV show The Munsters.

Sandy Thompson
Finance Chair