Women

View of Alcatraz Island from a ferry on a nice sunny day
Women’s History Month on Alcatraz | Rangers on the Rock
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From laundresses working in the military fort, to female leaders of the Native American Occupation, to formerly incarcerated women sharing their stories on the island today, women’s history is everywhere on Alcatraz.

Alcatraz City Cruises
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Women’s History Month on Alcatraz | Sol in the Garden

Come experience the Alcatraz Rose garden and see film screenings of Sol in the Garden.

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View of Alcatraz Island from a ferry on a nice sunny day
Women’s History Month on Alcatraz | Living with the Rock: Families and Escapes
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From laundresses working in the military fort, to female leaders of the Native American Occupation, to formerly incarcerated women sharing their stories on the island today, women’s history is everywhere on Alcatraz.

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Low clouds cloak the Marin Headlands
An Enduring Legacy: Martha Gerbode and the GGNRA

Learn about San Francisco philanthropist and civic leader Martha Gerbode, who used her wealth and influence to back bold conservation efforts—including the preservation of the Marin Headlands and Alcatraz Island. “Don’t bring me any projects that other people would fund. I just want the tough, controversial ones."

Lidia D'Amico opens a window to the ocean on Alcatraz.
Ask a park scientist: Lidia D'Amico, the bird biologist of Alcatraz

National Park Service biologist Lidia D’Amico works, in short, for the birds.

Joyce Guy at work in the field
Building bridges, breaking barriers: How Joyce Guy battled racism, sexism to stand atop the Golden Gate Bridge

The origin story of the Golden Gate Bridge is dominated by tales of the architects and designers who were given the opportunity to dream up the structure. The workers who installed and later maintained the cables and trusses, the bolts and the paint, are not often credited. 

In the book “Building the…

Yolanda Molette connects with participants at a workshop featuring butterfly migration.
Celebrating women in science: Yolanda Molette

Yolanda Molette, a Plant Ecologist with a degree in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Concentration in Conservation from San Francisco State University, just likes plants!

Ranger Mia Monroe in Muir Woods.
Park Ranger Mia Monroe and a life's work in the GGNRA

Park Ranger Mia Monroe is the Marin Community Liaison for the NPS, and one of the longest serving employees in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

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Film: Earth Stories Screening and Discussion with the Storytellers
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Join us for an interactive screening and learn about ways you can craft your own personal Earth Story.

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National Park Ranger Alanna Smith, a young woman, stands in the Presidio with the Pacific Ocean visible through the trees behind her.
Learning through the parks with Ranger Alanna Smith

"We’re always on the lookout for what stories are not being told, whose perspectives we have not heard in some of our stories," says Park Ranger Alanna Smith. Meet Ranger Alanna and learn about how she and the NPS are interpreting stories at the Presidio and beyond.

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