Betty Reid Soskin

NBC Bay Area’s Cheryl Hurd had the chance to sit down and talk to civil rights pioneer Betty Reid Soskin about what she thinks of the current political climate.

The nation’s oldest national park ranger returned to work this week at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond after a five-month absence. Jodi Hernandez reports.

The nation’s oldest national park ranger returned to work this week at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond after a five-month absence.

Longtime civil rights activist and writer Betty Reid Soskin, who has spoken to thousands of visitors at her weekly talks at the Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center in Richmond, is recovering from a stroke, her family said Sunday.

Betty Reid Soskin will take part in a conversation Friday in Richmond during an event to honor Women’s History Month, according to two organizations.

Betty Reid Soskin, at 97 the oldest career National Park Service Ranger, has received yet another honor, being named one of Glamour magazine’s 2018 Women of the Year on Friday.

As part of her 95th birthday present, the nation’s oldest full-time park ranger got a tour this week ahead of the opening of the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

As part of her 95th birthday present, the nation’s oldest full-time park ranger got a tour ahead of the opening of the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

In a surprise ceremony Sunday, the nation’s oldest park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin, received a replacement for the commemorative presidential coin that was stolen from her Richmond, Calif., apartment during a violent attack.

In a surprise ceremony Sunday, park ranger Betty Reid Soskin, who is still recovering from a violent attack at her home in Richmond last month, received a replacement for the commemorative coin that was stolen from her last month. Christie Smith reports.