{"id":61629,"date":"2021-09-27T19:21:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=61629"},"modified":"2021-09-27T19:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:21:16","slug":"she-became-a-park-ranger-at-85-to-tell-her-story-of-segregation-now-100-shes-the-oldest-active-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=61629","title":{"rendered":"She became a park ranger at 85 to tell her story of segregation. Now 100, she\u2019s the oldest active ranger."},"content":{"rendered":"

She became a park ranger at 85 to tell her story of segregation. Now 100, she\u2019s the oldest active ranger.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Washington Post<\/a>
\n2021-09-24<\/p>\n

Sydney Page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nBetty Reid Soskin<\/a> at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park<\/a> in Richmond, Calif.<\/a> Soskin is the oldest active ranger in the National Park Service<\/a>. (Luther Bailey\/NPS photo)<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

When asked how it feels to be 100 years old, Betty Reid Soskin<\/a> gave a subtle shrug, smiled and said: \u201cThe same way I felt at 99.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she\u2019s not just any centenarian: Soskin is the oldest active ranger in the National Park Service<\/a>, and after celebrating her birthday on Sept. 22, she\u2019s still going strong.<\/p>\n

Seated in the study of her apartment in Richmond, Calif.<\/a>, dressed proudly in her park ranger uniform, Soskin reflected on her life.<\/p>\n

When it comes to sharing her story, Soskin is not shy. As a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park<\/a> in Richmond, she spends her days recounting her rich and complicated history, in the hope that her firsthand account will resonate with people, and encourage them to share their own stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everyone\u2019s story is very important. There is so much diversity,\u201d Soskin said. \u201cIt\u2019s in that mix that the great secret of a democracy exists.\u201d…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She became a park ranger at 85 to tell her story of segregation. Now 100, she\u2019s the oldest active ranger. The Washington Post 2021-09-24 Sydney Page Betty Reid Soskin at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif. Soskin is the oldest active ranger in the National Park […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1245,459,8,20,25],"tags":[28051,24354,455,8918,31982,2875,2581],"class_list":["post-61629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-biography","category-history","category-media-archive","category-usa","category-women","tag-betty-charbonnet","tag-betty-reid-soskin","tag-california","tag-national-park-service","tag-sydney-page","tag-the-washington-post","tag-washington-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61631,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61629\/revisions\/61631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}