Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest active ranger, retired on Thursday, just a few months after celebrating her 100th birthday.
"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," Soskin said in the NPS's statement.
As a park ranger, Soskin led public programs with visitors and shared her own personal experiences of World War II. And she worked to highlight the untold stories of African Americans and other people of color during the war. "Being a primary source in the sharing of that history -- my history -- and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling," Soskin said Soskin."It has proven to bring meaning to my final years."
The NPS lauded Soskin's accomplishments on Instagram, writing,"We are grateful for Betty's lifelong dedication to sharing her story and wish her all the best in retirement!"She grew up in a Cajun-Creole, African-American family in Oakland, California, and worked as a file clerk at a segregated union during World War II,
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