Isabelle Story

In 1916, she began working at the National Park Service (NPS), where she remained until she retired in 1954.

In a 1934 group photograph of NPS administrators, Story was the only woman present among 78 men.

[6] Story contributed articles to several major newspapers, including The New York Times.

She had a romance with Park Service Superintendent Frank Pinkley, but he died of a heart attack before their planned wedding; Story never married.

Thereafter, she traveled extensively and participated in many activities until a severe hip injury (occurring while she was on a tour of the new Washington Star building in 1959) confined her to a wheelchair.