Juliette Low: Founder of Girl Scouts
Juliette Low: Founder of Girl Scouts An owl calls off in the distance, the yellow moon is full to bursting. Little kids dressed up as ghosts, parading around town collecting candy. Eleanor Gordon is stuck in the hospital giving birth to her second child. Juliette Gordon Low's difficult, but rewarding life began on the dreary day of Halloween. Unaware of the obstacles in the path she would follow, Low spent most of her life without a care in the world. It took her a couple hardships to realize life is precious, and time is running short. Throughout her life, it was habit for her to give more to the world than what she received. By creating the Girl Scout program, Juliette Low played a big part in history and helped young women during a time when women's rights were limited. Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon Low was born October 31, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia. The summers in Savannah were tropical, and yellow fever was a great risk. As a young girl, her mother and father would send Low and her siblings to her Aunt Eliza's house in Etowah Cliffs, Georgia. Low and her five sibling were not just the only relatives that sought refuge at their aunt's house, there would be up to twenty cousins there at a time. She loved stay
While living in England, Low organized a small group of Girl Guides. Her groups would get involved in the community and rais money for fun and educational trips. When she returned home, she tried to introduce Girl Guide to the young women of Savannah, Georgia. Despite all her efforts, was not very successful, since the small group did not extend out of Savannah. Low wanted to help young women everywhere extend their horizons through her organization (Keith-Lucas). The founder of Boy Scouts, Lord Bradon-Powell, was a good friend of Low's. He helpfully gave her a couple encouraging words stating as follows, "There are little stars that guide us on, although we do not realize it." (Lombardi 11) Low followed his advice and started the Girl Scout program in 1912, and it was a success. 1912 was a time when education was limited and the outlook of the future for American women was not too promising. Keeping the future in mind, Low did not want to wait long to start her program. She stated, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight." (Internet1) concerned about their future. Low made a great impact on history since tradition of Girl Scouts successfully still continues today. Between 1916 and 1999 the Girt Scouts organization dramatically increased from three thousand members to nearly three million.
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