Oldest Park Ranger Brings Black History to Life

Work ZoneBetty Reid-Soskin, America’s oldest National Park Ranger, works at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, CA, honoring the women who did factory worked for the war effort. “A black woman who has seen both the end of segregation and the election of the first black United States president, Reid-Soskin is a Bay Area treasure with a keen understanding of local and national history—much of it observed over her 91 years.”  Click here to learn more about this treasure of living history and her drive to share her knowledge and experience.

 

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