Betty Reid Soskin

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2 January 2026

Published December 31, 2025 by rochellewisoff

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This week’s prompt is of a small building which looks to be a park information center. It has windows and a door and box holding information flyers.

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Genre: Non-Fiction
Word Count: 100

MY NAME IS BETTY

How does one distill a life that lasted 104 years down to one-hundred words?

Betty Reid Soskin had been a singer, a civil rights activist, a wife, a mother and, in her later years, a park ranger at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park. There, she led tours and shared American history. She retired at the age of 100.

Toward the end of one interview, she was invited to say whatever came to mind.

The soft-spoken, 101-year-old woman looked into the camera and said, “I don’t know what comes next, but I do know I’m ready for it.”

Betty passed away December 21 at the age of 104. Here’s one of her interviews. She was one amazing woman.

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