Lumber Queen: The Life of Woodswoman, Ruth Ayer Park

The Life of Woodswoman Ruth Ayer Park. Ruth Park was a touch New Hampshire Yankee who graduated from Vassar College in 1906 and then became a logging boss. The Park family business had fallen on hard times, and Ruth alone of the Park children was free to help. Unschooled in business, but with a quick mind, a sense of humor, and a head for numbers, she took on the challenge and became a colorful legend in her own time. Illustrated with photographs.