Elizabeth Ray

Elizabeth Ray

Elizabeth Ray (born Betty Lou Ray on 14 May 1943 in Marshall, North Carolina [http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1943/may_14_1943_102541.html] ) was the central figure in a much publicized sex scandal in 1976 that ended the career of U.S. Rep. Wayne Hays (D-Ohio).

The "Washington Post" reported that Ray had been on the payroll of a committee run by Hays for two years as a clerk-secretary. During that time, she admitted, her actual job duties were providing Congressman Hays sexual favors: "I can't type, I can't file, I can't even answer the phone."

After the scandal broke, a book appeared in her name, entitled “The Washington Fringe Benefit”; she posed for "Playboy" several times, and tried acting and stand-up comedy.

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/elizray.htm Washington Post article from May 23, 1976]


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