- Hide menu

Betty Reid Soskin at The California Studies Association

Betty Reid Soskin receiving the 2016 Carey McWilliams Award from The California Studies Association.

Betty Reid Soskin, California Studies Association, Carey McWilliams Award, National Parks, Park Ranger, California History, cultural studies, oral history

Betty Reid Soskin

A political activist (raised in Oakland), and currently America’s oldest park ranger, at 94 years, Betty Reid Soskin currently works as an interpretive ranger at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California. Her participation and activism in the creation of the park itself was instrumental in the ways Rosie the Riveter incorporates and memorializes the African American history of Richmond and the greater Bay Area region.

Posted on Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 at . Filed under: Individualism, Resistance Tags: , RSS 2.0 feed.

One thought on “Betty Reid Soskin at The California Studies Association”

  1. Lincoln Cushing says:
    at

    The full text of Betty’s acceptance speech can be seen at the linked site.

×