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Doris Ryer Nixon : ウィキペディア英語版 | Doris Ryer Nixon
Doris Ryer Nixon (October 1, 1893 – June 24, 1948) was a civic leader, particularly on the home front during World War II. The granddaughter of one of California's first doctors, and daughter-in-law of a shipbuilder and industrialist, she became a national vice-president of the American Women's Voluntary Services (AWVS) during the war. ==Ancestry== Nixon's grandfather, Dr. Washington Ryer, was a New York doctor who settled in Stockton, California in the 1840s after serving as an assistant surgeon in General Winfield Scott's campaign in the Mexican-American War.〔( "Friends of Mountain View Cemetery )," Spring 2007.〕 He married Mary Fletcher of Boston in 1862, and they had one son, Fletcher Ryer.〔 Ryer Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is named in their honor.〔 Fletcher and his wife, Blanche, became wealthy pioneer agriculturalists.〔"Funeral Held for Civic Leader," ''Oakland Tribune'', 1948-06-25.〕
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