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Uniform history for women's uniforms, from 1918 to 1991; number 4 in the "National Park Service Uniforms" series. The Developing Years. A Publication of the National Park Service History Collection, Office of Library, Archives and Graphics Research, Harpers Ferry Center, Harpers Ferry, WV 1998.
Among the women who held leadership and upper-level management positions within the National Park Service, or had a strong influence on National Park Service policy or gender relations, are: Park rangers. Enid Michael, first ranger-naturalist in Yosemite and the first female ranger in the National Parks system, 1921-1942
Jane Marguerite Lindsley (later Marguerite Lindsley Arnold; October 2, 1901 – May 18, 1952) was the first woman to be appointed to a year-round park ranger position in the United States National Park Service. Lindsley had a ten-year career as a ranger and as a ranger-naturalist starting in 1921.
Until 1978, female rangers weren’t permitted to wear the same uniform or even the same badge as the men, but instead wore skirts modeled on stewardesses’ uniforms. Park ranger or Pan Am stewardess? (National Park Service) Enid Michael, a park ranger in the 1920s, overdressed for her dance with a bear. (National Park Service.)
The American National Park Service's Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) program was authorized by Public Law 91-357 enacted in 1970. The purpose of the program is to provide a way through which the NPS can accept and utilize voluntary help in such a way that it is mutually beneficial to the NPS and volunteers.
The Taliban has banned women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks.. Afghanistan’s acting minister of virtue and vice , Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, said women have not ...
The Military Women's Memorial is located on a 4.2 acres (17,000 m 2) [147] site at the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery (although it is technically on National Park Service land). The main approach to the memorial is from Memorial Avenue.
Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts.The site interprets the lives of Abigail Smith Adams (1744 - 1818) and Louisa Catherine Adams (1775 - 1852); Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument - Dedicated a national monument by President Barack Obama on April 12, 2016, the Sewall–Belmont House in Washington, D.C. has been home to the National Woman's Party since 1929.