Washougal historian Donna Sinclair to open Clark County Historical Museum’s 2024 Speaker Series

Clark County Historical Museum will open its 2024 Speaker Series season with “Black Woman in Green: The Voice of Gloria Brown,” presented by Washougal historian and author Donna Sinclair, PhD, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at the museum, located at 1511 Main St., Vancouver. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m.

Join Sinclair as she discusses her book, “Black Woman in Green: Gloria Brown and the Unmarked Trail to Forest Service Leadership.” Co-written with Gloria Brown, the book details Brown’s journey from an agency transcriptionist with the U.S. Forest Service in Washington, D.C. to the first African American woman to attain the rank of forest supervisor for the agency.