Betty Reid Soskin, who became a park ranger at 85, dies aged 104

Betty Reid Soskin at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front national historical park in Richmond, California, on 24 October 2013. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Betty Reid Soskin, who retired in 2022 as the National Park Service’s oldest active ranger at the age of 100, has died.

Soskin’s family announced at the weekend that their beloved relative had died aged 104. She became a park ranger at 85, having always been a pioneer in the workplace.