This moment outdoors is brought to you by L.L. Bean, official partner of the National Park Foundation for

the Find Your Park Movement. I'm going to see. There's always a lot of talk from park lovers about what a national park should and shouldn't be.

But when it really comes down to it, there are no rules.

A national park is a park for the nation.

They range vastly in shape, size, and content.

One of our most unique National Park Service sites is one many have never heard of.

I'm Jason Epperson and today on America's National Parks, the vision of a DC socialite to develop and share a love of the arts with the community set to the backdrop of nature.

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.

Here's Abigail Treview. Catherine Fyline Shouse, a philanthropist and avid lover of culture, music, the arts, and nature,

was born on June 9, 1896 in Boston, Massachusetts to Lincoln and Theresa Fylene.

She spent her childhood between the family homes in Boston and West and Massachusetts, where the Fileans were able to enjoy nature.

Born into a family whose fortune was built from the famous department store, Phileans,

their family tradition was laden with a love of nature and for the arts.

Her father was the founder of the Boston Symphony, and her mother started the Boston Music School settlement for underprivileged children.

Her parents love of the arts was infectious and resonated with Catherine, helping shape her future vision for Wolf Trap.

In 1917, Shouse was able to apply the experience she acquired through her undergraduate education and activism in the women's division of the United

States Employment Service of the Department of Labor. Shaus was hired as the assistant to the chief.

Three years later, she published her original work,

Careers for Women,

and in 1925 was the first woman to be appointed to the Democratic National Committee.

In 1926, President Calvin Coolidge appointed her chair of the Federal Prison for Women.

She was the first woman to occupy this position and immediately began to transform the system,

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