Betty Reid Soskin, who became the oldest active ranger in the US National Park Service at the age of 85, has died at 104. Her family announced her passing on the winter solstice at her home in Richmond, California, stating she 'led a fully packed life and was ready to leave.'
Soskin worked at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, where she shared her experiences as a file clerk in a segregated union hall during the second world war. She sought to highlight the contributions of women of colour on the home front.
Retiring in 2022 at age 100, Soskin reflected on her career, saying, 'To be a part of helping to mark the place where that dramatic trajectory of my own life, combined with others of my generation, will influence the future by the footprints we've left behind has been incredible.'
