Buckrail will be sharing stories for women’s history month throughout March highlighting women, past and present, and their contributions to Wyoming and Jackson Hole.
WYOMING— In 1925, Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Horace Albright hired Marguerite “Peg” Lindsley as a permanent park ranger, making her the first female park ranger in Yellowstone National Park.
Lindsley had previously worked as a seasonal park ranger beginning in 1921. That year, two other women were given seasonal positions as well.
She grew up in Mammoth and had a deep appreciation for her proverbial backyard and the nation’s first national park. Her father, Chester Lindsley, served as interim superintendent during the transition period into a national park.
Lindsley held a degree in bacteriology and served as a naturalist, leading tours and educating visitors. She helped run a government information center and a small museum in Mammoth as well.
Lindsley later married a ranger and worked as a seasonal ranger and lived in the park year-round.
