Born: 2 October 1901, United States
Died: 1952
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Jane Marguerite Lindsley
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Marguerite “Peg” Lindsley Arnold
Yellowstone National Park
Park Ranger & Naturalist, 1921-1931
• Born Jane Marguerite Lindsley on October 2, 1901 in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming.
• Grew up in Yellowstone, as her father worked at the park in several different capacities, including acting superintendent in 1916.
• Her mother taught her at home until 8th grade.
• Attended preparatory school at Montana State College at age 13.
• In 1921 became a temporary park ranger, the third woman in that position at Yellowstone.
• Earned a B.S. in Bacteriology from Montana State College in 1922.
• Continued as a temporary park ranger in the summers of 1922 and 1923, working in the museum and information bureau, as well as conducting guided walks and lectures.
• Earned her Master’s in Bacteriology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1923.
• Worked in clinical research in Philadelphia but returned to Wyoming in 1924 by way of a 17-day, cross country motorcycle trip.
• Worked for her father (then Yellowstone’s postmaster) and served as a licensed guide in the park from 1924-1925.
• In December 1925, selected for a permanent park ranger position, making her the first permanent women ranger at Yellowstone and in the NPS.
• Married fellow ranger Everett LeRoy Arnold in 1928 and gave up her permanent position.
• Worked as a temporary ranger-naturalist from 1929 until she resigned in 1931.
• Died in 1952.