Meet the 93-year-old woman who still works 5 days a week and never wants to retire - Business Insider
The park ranger assigned to the Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, writes frequently on her blog , has a Wikipedia page , and has been interviewed by NPR and People. She's become so popular, she says, that the park's tour audiences have doubled, tours are now booked months ahead, and the park has added tours to keep up. There's no question why Soskin enjoys her celebrity status: She's seen it all and has lived... But she is not simply the oldest active ranger in the National Park Service — Soskin helped shape what the park has become, first as a consultant and later as an interpretive park ranger. She works five days a week, about five hours a day, and occasionally works extra hours. Some days she'll conduct bus tours through the sites that make up the national park or give presentations. Soskin recently gave Business Insider an inside look at her experience. Betty Reid Soskin: I entered as a state employee at the planning stages of an emerging national park in 2000. One of the scattered sites was the Ford Assembly Plant, which was designed by Albert Kahn and constructed upon state-owned land. Source: www.businessinsider.com
