Betty Reid Soskin, the Nation's Oldest Park Ranger, Dies at 104

United States' oldest park ranger with ties to New Orleans dies at age 104

Betty Reid Soskin has a long list of accolades. She was a pioneering civil rights activist, an educate and a park ranger.

Oldest National Park Service ranger dies

RICHMOND, Calif. — Betty Reid Soskin, who rose to national fame as the oldest National Park Service ranger and used the spotlight to talk about the African American experience during World War II, died at age 104.

'Powerful voice' for Black women

RICHMOND, Calif. — Betty Reid Soskin, who rose to national fame as the oldest National Park Service ranger and used the spotlight to talk about the African American experience during World War II, has died at age 104.

Richmond’s Own Betty Reid Soskin, the Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger, Has Died at 104

The "pride of Richmond” Betty Reid Soskin, who reigned as the nation’s oldest National Park ranger past the age of 100, died Sunday morning, leaving an incomparable legacy on the East Bay and the National Park system. We’ve many times admired the legacy of the "oldest US National Park ranger” Betty Reid Soskin, who retired in 2022, though was already 100 years old at that point. Soskin was pivotal in the creation of the Rosie the Riveter WWII Ho…

America’s oldest National Park Service ranger ever, who shared her own stories of life during WWII, dies

Betty Reid Soskin, who was the National Park Service’s oldest active ranger when she retired at age 100, has died. She was 104.

Betty Reid Soskin, oldest US park ranger, dies at 104. This is what she believed was her greatest contribution

Betty Reid Soskin spent her life preserving Black history, women’s stories, and overlooked voices in the country’s national park sites.