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Title: I Married a Ranger
Author: Dama Margaret Smith
Release Date: June 8, 2006 [EBook #18538]
Language: English
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I Married a Ranger
By Dama Margaret Smith
( Mrs. "White Mountain" )
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD UNIVERSITY,
CALIFORNIA
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD UNIVERSITY,
CALIFORNIA
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE MARUZEN COMPANY TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO, SENDAI
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY 55 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
Copyright 1930 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior
University All Rights Reserved Published 1930
PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
This book is lovingly dedicated
to
White Mountain Smith
who has made me glad
I married a Ranger
FOREWORD
I Married a Ranger is an intimate story of "pioneer" life in a national park, told in an interesting, humorous way, that makes it most delightful.
To me it is more than a book; it is a personal justification. For back in 1921, when the author came to my office in Washington and applied for the clerical vacancy existing at the Grand Canyon, no woman had been even considered for
the position. The park was new, and neither time nor funds had been available to install facilities that are a necessary part of our park administrative and protective work. Especially was the Grand Canyon lacking in living quarters.
For that reason the local superintendent, as well as Washington Office officials, were opposed to sending any women clerks there.
Nevertheless, after talking to the author, I decided to make an exception in her case, so she became the first woman Government employee at the Canyon. I Married a Ranger proves that the decision was a happy one.
It is a pleasure to endorse Mrs. Smith's book, and at the same time to pay a tribute of admiration to the women of the Service, both employees and wives of
employees, who carry on faithfully and courageously under all circumstances.
