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Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. [2] It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, a year after she had met Robert Baden-Powell , the founder of Scouting [ 3 ] (formally Boy Scouts).
1940s through the 1970s. The next few decades saw major changes in how and what the Girl Scouts sold. The shortage of ingredients during war times meant the girls had to pivot to sell calendars ...
The Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys announced in July 2012 that they would be selling Girl Scout cookies for $4 per box, the Star Tribune reported. Linda B. Keene, CEO of the ...
The first known cookie sales by an individual Girl Scout unit were by the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in December 1917 at their local high school. [13] In 1922, the Girl Scout magazine The American Girl suggested cookie sales as a fundraiser and provided a simple sugar cookie recipe from a regional director for the Girl Scouts of Chicago. [14]
While boys were invited to Camp Fire Girls Horizon Conferences in the late 1960s and early 1970s, official membership was not offered to them until 1975, when the organization became co-ed. Camp Fire decided that boys and girls should be together in one organization, so that they learn to play and work alongside each other and appreciate their ...
Current Fortune 500 CEOs who are Girl Scouts alumnae include General ... spent several years as a Girl Scout in the early 1970s. “Brownies and Girls Scouts left a lasting impression on me—my ...
Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from other countries were invited to attend as well. International Senior Roundups were held every three years from 1956 until 1965; [ 1 ] in 1966 the planned 1968 Senior Roundup was canceled and the intent became to have many regional events that more girls could attend. [ 2 ]
The Girl Scouts of America was established in Des Moines, Iowa by Clara A. Lisetor-Lane in 1910. [5] In 1911, the GSA and the Girl Guides ( Spokane, Washington ) planned to merge with the Camp Fire Girls to form the Girl Pioneers of America, [ 6 ] but relationships fractured and the merger failed. [ 5 ]