English: Irene Esther Ryan (1909-1997) was an American aviator, engineer, geologist, government official and politician. Ryan was an early woman pilot in Alaska and a member of the Alaska Senate in the 1st Alaska State Legislature, but at the time of this photo was commissioner fo the Alaska Department of Economic Development.
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Alaska Blue Book (First edition), Alaska Department of Education, Division of State Libraries (1973).
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