Juliette Gordon Low - Girl Scouts' 100th Anniversary August 13, 2012

Celebrate the centennial of the Girl Scouts of the United States, founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. Born in 1860 and raised in Savannah, Georgia, Juliette Gordon Low was an artistic, humorous, and active girl who later enjoyed traveling and philanthropy. Despite struggles with severely limited hearing and a turbulent marriage, Low sought to find a cause to which she could dedicate her life. In 1911, upon meeting the founder of the British-based Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, Sir Robert Baden Powell, she knew she had found her cause. Eighteen girls registered in the first American Girl Guide troop; now,100 years later, there are 3.3 million members, making the Girl Scouts the largest educational organization for girls in the world.