National Parks and the Woman's Voice: A History
- ISBN-10
- 0826339948
- ISBN-13
- 9780826339942
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- UNM Press
- Author
- Polly Welts Kaufman
Description
In this updated study, Polly Kaufman discovers that staff are no longer able to fulfill the National Park Service mission without outside support.
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