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Betty Reid Soskin retires

Rosie the Riveter icon, civil rights activist and America's oldest National park Service ranger, Betty Reid Soskin, announced her retirement this past April. Soskin, who is a Boilermaker and worked as a file clerk at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, retired at age 100. She was a member of a wartime auxiliary lodge at the shipyard. Pictured with Soskin to celebrate her retirement are, l. to r., IVP-WS J. Tom Baca and IR Tim Jefferies.

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Published July 8, 2022

The Boilermaker Reporter

Summer 2026

Volume 65, Number 2
Apr 2026 to Jun 2026
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