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This week’s #SundayScientistShoutout is Betty Reid Soskin (born 1921)!
Soskin is a ranger with the @NationalParkService and at the age of 99, she is still serving as a ranger.
The oldest ranger to ever work as a National Park Ranger!
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#WomeninWildlife
Soskin is a ranger with the @NationalParkService and at the age of 99, she is still serving as a ranger.
The oldest ranger to ever work as a National Park Ranger!
(1/n)
#DiversityinSTEM
#WomeninWildlife
Soskin was born in Detroit to Lousisanna Natives with Creole and Cajun backgrounds.
She spent her early childhood in New Orleans, LA until a hurricane/flood caused them to move to Oakland, CA.
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#DiversityinSTEM
#WomeninWildlife
#SundayScientistShoutout
She spent her early childhood in New Orleans, LA until a hurricane/flood caused them to move to Oakland, CA.
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#DiversityinSTEM
#WomeninWildlife
#SundayScientistShoutout
During WWII, Soskin worked as a clerk for Boilermakers Union A-36, a Jim Crow all-black union auxiliary where she assisted Black American workers who had to move frequently.
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#DiversityinSTEM
#SundayScientistShoutout
#WomeninWildlife
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#DiversityinSTEM
#SundayScientistShoutout
#WomeninWildlife
