Juliette Low began the Girls Scouts, MARCH 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia.
Chronic ear infections as a child made one ear deaf.
A grain of rice thrown at her wedding lodged in her other ear, which was punctured by the procedure to remove it.
Juliette Low's father, a U.S. Army General, was previously a Civil War Confederate captain.
In
the Spanish-American War, Juliette Low and her mother organized a
convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers returning from Cuba.
After
her husband's death in 1905, Juliette Low traveled to England where in
1911 she met Boer War hero Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy
Scouts.
They were engaged to be married, but the wedding was cancelled.
Returning to America, Juliette Low founded Girl Guides.
Dying of breast cancer in 1927, she was buried in her uniform.
The original Girl Scout promise was:
"On my honor, I will try: to do my duty to God and my country, to help other people at all times, to obey the Girl Scout laws."
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In
recent years, the Girl Scouts have been mentioned in news stories
relating to topics of promiscuity, sexual orientation, gender identity,
abortion and Planned Parenthood.
In 1995, parents in West Chester, Ohio, explored the idea of a new organizations for their daughters.
This
led Patti Garibay to found the family-friendly "American Heritage
Girls," a non-profit organization dedicated to the mission of building
women of integrity through service to God, family, community and
country.
American Heritage Girls offers badge programs, service projects, girl leadership opportunities and outdoor experiences.
American Heritage Girls has rapidly grown to serve thousands of girls with troops in nearly every State.
With
wholesome role-models, character building, traditional Judeo-Christian
morality, focusing on "Faith, Service and Fun," the American Heritage
Girls' Oath is:
"I promise to love God, Cherish my family, Honor my country, and Serve in my community."
When asked what motivated her, American Heritage Girls' founder Patti Garibay told the National Review Online, February 22, 2014:
"Girls discovering that they are made in the image of God, that the Father has a great plan and will for their lives,
and
that, by discovering this plan, they can have great influence on their
families, their churches, their communities, and their world.
I
love to see a girl go from a backward, shy state of being to a
confident, God-loving woman of influence in a short amount of time."
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