Isabelle Story

Isabelle Florence Story (1887–1970) was an American writer and editor. Much of her career was spent in the employment of the National Park Service.

Early life Story was from Chicago. Her sister was Eleanor Chittenden Cress.

Career Story was employed with several governmental agencies, beginning with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1910, and then with the United States Geological Survey in 1911. In 1916, she began working at the National Park Service (NPS), where she remained until she retired in 1954.

Although she was made Horace M. Albright's secretary in 1917, her college-level training in business made her well-suited to other tasks; in 1917, 1918, and 1919, she assisted Albright in creating annual reports for the National Park Service. In 1934, Story was made editor-in-chief. In this role, she went on to produce 39 radio programs on parks acquired since 1933. She directed the radio broadcast for the 25th anniversary of the NPS in 1941.

In Story's early career, no other women were administrators at the NPS. In a 1934 group photograph of NPS administrators, Story was the only woman present among 78 men. Story contributed articles to several major newspapers, including The New York Times. She also wrote periodically for Science Service and World Book Encyclopedia.

Distinctions Story was the first woman employed as an information officer of a Department of the Interior Bureau. She was also the first person to introduce radio programs in the Department.