Black Woman in Green: Gloria Brown and the Unmarked Trail to Forest Service Leadership

About the author

GLORIA D. BROWN started work for the USDA Forest Service in Washington, DC, in 1974 and worked her way up in the agency by moving west and qualifying as a forester through Oregon State University. As a forest supervisor, Brown received many awards for mediating conflicts between the government and environmentalists. She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

DR. DONNA L. SINCLAIR is an adjunct history professor, public historian, and museum professional who specializes in oral history; Clark County, Washington, community history; and politics. Sinclair lives in Washougal, Washington, where she serves on the school board. Her dissertation, "Caring for the Land, Serving People: Creating a Multicultural Forest Service in the Civil Rights Era" led to her collaboration with Gloria Brown on Black Woman in Green.

Summary

An urban African American woman rises from secretary to leader in the USDA Forest Service of the twentieth century West. Along the way, she faces personal and agency challenges to become the first black female forest supervisor in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Gloria Brown, Gloria D. Brown, Donna L. Sinclair
• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780870710018
• ISBN: 978-0-87071-001-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Biography / Autobiography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black