What is Betty Reid Soskin?
{{Infobox person | name = Betty Reid Soskin | image = Betty Reid Soskin.jpg | caption = Soskin in 2014 | birth_name = Betty Charbonnet | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1921|9|22|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | employer = [[National Park Service]] | occupation = [[National Park Service Ranger]] | years_active = | alma_mater = | spouse = {{marriage|Melvin Reid|1943|1972|reason=divorce}}<br /> {{marriage|William Soskin|1978|1988|reason=death }} }} [[File:Betty Reid Soskin receives congressional recognition from Mark DeSauliner 01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Soskin with [[United States Representative|U.S. Representative]] [[Mark DeSaulnier]] in February 2020]] '''Betty Reid Soskin''' (''nee Charbonnet''; born September 22, 1921) is a retired [[African Americans|African-American]] [[National Park Ranger|Park Ranger]] with the [[National Park Service]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/09/24/betty-soskin-park-ranger-100/|title=She became a park ranger at 85 to tell her story of segregation. Now 100, she’s the oldest active ranger.|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}</ref> Soskin spoke clearly about how important national parks are. She said national parks are very important for telling [[American history]]. She helped to develop the [[Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park]] in [[Richmond, California]].<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/26/MNFUSA80E.DTL&hw=Betty+Reid+Soskin&sn=003&sc=552 WWII meant opportunity for many women, oppression for others], by Caroline Zynco, ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', September 26, 2007, retrieved March 23, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/31/PKL91BL53V.DTL#ixzz0eDQsu0bc Ranger's voice spans East Bay history], by Lee Hildebrand, ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', January 31, 2010, r