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Juliette Gordon Low Born Dad and Mom Sisters and Brothers Nickname October 31, 1860 Savannah, Georgia Dad and Mom William and Eleanor Sisters and Brothers Nellie, Alice, Willy, Mabel and Arthur Nickname Daisy Toddler, 10, 12, 16 (standing in back) Her Uncle nicknamed her Daisy shortly after her birth. At that time “Daisy” was a common nickname which meant great, special.

“Mama, I can’t keep all the rules. I’m too much like you…” Juliette Gordon Low Civil War Chicago and Savannah General Sherman School Home Boarding Schools Virginia Female Institute Miss Emmett's School; New Jersey Mesdemoiselles Charbonniers; New York Entering infancy shortly before the Civil War, Daisy's childhood was complicated by the war efforts and her parents' conflicting views on slavery. Her father, a Georgia-born Southern slave owner, believed in the succession of the South from the Union, while her Northern-born mother, whose family had helped found the city of Chicago, believed in abolition. While Daisy's father was joining the war efforts on behalf of the South, her maternal relatives were enlisting in the Northern militias. Just as Daisy had family fighting for both the North and the South in the Civil War, Daisy herself lived in both worlds. Daisy had the opportunity to visit her grandparents in Chicago on many occasions, including during the final stages of the Civil War when women and children were forced to evacuate Savannah and Daisy’s mother and sisters, under the protection of General William Tecumseh Sherman, moved to Illinois to stay with Daisy's maternal grandparents. Upon arriving in Savannah in the winter of 1864, the citizens were ready to surrender and Sherman gave the city to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift. Soon after, he visited his old friend Nelly Gordon to take her letters and packages from Chicago. He also brought the two older girls, Nelly and Daisy, a gift of rock sugar candy, the first sugar the girls had ever eaten. In 1874, when she was 13, Daisy began school at Virginia Female Institute. Daisy was rather impatient with the rules and regulations at VFI, and once wrote home to her mother, “Mama, I can’t keep all the rules. I’m too much like you. … I’ll keep clear of the big scrapes but the little ones I can’t avoid.” Daisy performed well academically, though, and won medals in English, French, piano, elocution, and drawing. "My darling Mama, Nell is studying for her Literature examination, and so I'll have to do all the writing, and I think you will have pretty seldom as I hate to get ready to write, but after I am once started I dont mind, so dont be worried if I dont write very often. I have a tooth that has a large hole in it, it dont hurt, but it is very troublesome, shall I have it filled or not?...and mama, will you please send us some more of the little elastics for our hair, the ones you send are all up....Good bye my dear little sweet Mama, your own little, (I have not grown a bit,) Daisy."   “Mama, I can’t keep all the rules. I’m too much like you…”

Juliette Gordon Low Hobbies First Organization Climbing trees Drawing, painting, sculpting Exploring Writing poetry and plays Playing tennis Taking care of animals First Organization Helping Hands Club As a teenager, Daisy even started an organization called Helping Hands which made clothing for the poor.

Juliette Gordon Low After learning to sculpt Daisy discovered wrought iron, which made her arms so muscular that she could no longer wear her Paris dresses! She had to have the arms of the dresses loosened so they would fit! For many visitors, the most astonishing of Juliette Low’s artistic accomplishments are the Wellesbourne House gates. The gates are embellished with sunflowers, and her parent’s initials. The uprights are made of stock metal; the iron work was wrought in the village blacksmith shop in Warwickshire. The initials are crafted from drawn copper, which Daisy completed on the lawn of her home, Wellesbourne House. The Wellesbourne House gates were moved to their current location at the Birthplace from Brownie Park in a Savannah neighborhood called Gordonston, which once served as the site of the Gordon family farm. The gates remained at Brownie Park for many years, but were moved to the garden at the Birthplace, where they continue to delight visitors year-round.

Juliette Gordon Low On December 21, 1886, Daisy was married to William Mackay Low at Christ Church in Savannah. Daisy also struggled with chronic ear infections as a young adult and in 1885 an experimental silver nitrate treatment left her hearing greatly impaired. At her wedding in 1886, a piece of rice got logged in her other ear giving her an unbearably painful infection. In the process of removing the rice her eardrum was punctured leaving her completely deaf in that ear.

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History of Girl Scouting Sir Robert Baden Powell Founder of the Boy Scouts Chief Scout of the World Agnes Baden Powell Sir Robert’s sister First President of the Girl Guides Olave Baden Powell Sir Robert’s wife Chief Guide of the World World Thinking Day Sir Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in England in 1907. In 1911 Juliette Gordon Low met Sir Robert Baden Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts. Baden Powell founded the Boy Scouts with the intentions of training young boys for defense and preparedness in case of military invasion. Baden Powell emphasized that the training should be fun, an idea that Daisy deeply appreciated. The two shared a love of art and travel, and both shared common family backgrounds. They became instant friends, and started sharing ideas for the formation of a scouting troop for girls. The early troops were known as Girl Guides, and were originally led by Baden Powell's 51-year-old sister, Agnes. These were girls who had shown such an interest in Boy Scouting that they appeared in their brother's troops, dressed in piecemeal Boy Scout uniforms, eager to learn the same skills the boys were learning. Agnes was overwhelmed by the increasing number of girls showing an interest in becoming a Girl Guide, and both the Baden-Powells and Low agreed that these girls should have their own groups. Low started several troops in Scotland and London, for girls of varying income brackets. The effect on the girls' self-esteem was so striking that Low decided she had to take the program to the United States, starting with her hometown of Savannah, Georgia.

History of Girl Scouting Nina Anderson Pape Juliette’s Cousin Founder of the Pape School Margaret “Daisy” Lawrence Juliette’s Niece Carnation and White Rose Patrols Upon returning to Savannah, Juliette made her now famous call to her cousin Nina Pape. In the call Juliette exclaimed “Come right over. I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah, and all America, and all the world, and we’re going to start it to-night.” On March 12, 1912, Juliette gathered 18 girls to register the first two patrols of American Girl Guides. The name of the organization was changed to Girl Scouts the following year. Margaret (Daisy Doots) Gordon Lawrence was the first registered Girl Scout in the USA and the niece and namesake of Girl Scout founder, Juliette Gordon Low. Margaret was born in Savannah, Georgia. She was a member of the first Girl Scout troop, which was called the Carnation patrol. She was captain of their basketball team the year they received the Balfour Trophy for having won the Girl Scout basketball championship for three years in succession. After Margaret’s years as a Girl Scout, she went on to become a troop leader and a member of the Savannah Girl Scout Council. In 1937, while living in Huntington, West Virginia, she helped to organize the local Girl Scout Council and was its first Commissioner. She held this office until the summer of 1939 when she moved to Charleston, West Virginia where she became the Secretary the local Girl Scout Council a position she held for 10 years. As the First Girl Scout, Mrs. Lawrence was celebrated throughout the country. She christened the SS Juliette Low Liberty Ship in 1944. In her later life she served as a tour guide at the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace much to the delight of the many visiting Girl Scouts. “Come right over. I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah, and all America, and all the world, and we’re going to start it to-night.”

History of Girl Scouting Elsie Espy Frank, Pink Carnation Patrol (younger girls) 1974 article: Elsie Espy Frank, one of the first 18 girls registered on March 12, 1912 and a member of the Girl Scout Championship Basketball Team, stated, “We’d gather around her on Wednesday afternoons and she’d teach sewing and cooking and domestic etiquette. On Saturday, we’d go out to Mr. Hoxie’s place and learn about the woods.” Marian Corbin Aslakson, White Rose Patrol (older girls) 1980 article: Describing the test to win the title Girl Guide, Marian Corbin Aslakson, another of the first 18 girls registered on March 12, 1912, stated, “We had to tie twelve knots, blaze a trail, light a fire with one match, learn the Girl Scout laws and promises and be able to cook one dish – we made peppermint drops.” She also stated, “Part of every meeting was spent taking exercises. …we either played basketball or tennis.” Walter Hoxie Originally from Rochester, New York, Walter Hoxie developed a love of nature and birds in his youth. After serving for the Union in the Civil War, he served as an "Educator of the Freed Man" to assist in the social transition for newly freed slaves, and later as a surveyor for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Jacksonville. As an educator and a surveyor, Hoxie developed his skills as a naturalist in the South. After various teaching positions relocated him to the northeast, Walter Hoxie returned to the South permanently in 1879, taking various positions in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Finally, Hoxie settled in Savannah in 1901. He became a natural history instructor at Bethesda, the oldest orphanage in America. In his free time, he wrote over 500 articles for the Savannah Morning News about nature, birds, and other items related to the outdoors. In concert with these activities, Walter John Hoxie also held a girls’ nature study group of about sixteen girls every Saturday. These girls would go on to become one of the first two patrols in the Girl Guides of America. The Girl Guides of America was formally established by Juliette Gordon Low (with help from Hoxie) in Savannah in 1912. The name Girl Guides was shortly changed to Girl Scouts of America. In 1913, Walter John Hoxie wrote what is known as the first Girl Scouts Handbook, "How Girls Can Help Their Country."

History of Girl Scouting Merit Badges: Hostess and Pathfinder. Be Prepared.

History of Girl Scouting Grades Tenderfoot Second Class First Class Highest Award The Golden Eaglet When to Wear the Badge A girl asked me what were the occasions on which she might wear her badge, thinking it was not for everyday use. The reply was, "You may wear your badge any day and any hour when you are doing what you think is right. It is only when you are doing wrong that you must take it off; as you would not then be keeping your Scout promises. Thus you should either take off the badge, or stop doing what you think is wrong.“ “Every badge you earn is tied up to your motto. This badge is not a reward for something you have done once or for an examination you have passed. Badges are not medals to wear on your sleeve to show what a smart girl you are. A badge is a symbol that you have done the thing it stands for often enough, thoroughly enough, and well enough to BE PREPARED to give service in it. You wear the badge to let people know that you are prepared and willing to be called on because you are a Girl Scout. And Girl Scouting is not just knowing.....but doing.....not just doing, but being.” – Juliette Gordon Low “A badge is a symbol that you have done the thing it stands for often enough, thoroughly enough, and well enough to BE PREPARED to give service in it.”

History of Girl Scouting International Council Founded in 1919 by Olave Baden Powell International Conferences World Camp Juliette’s dream By staying in contact with overseas Girl Guides and Girl Scouts during World War I, Juliette helped lay the foundation for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. She resigned the presidency of GSUSA in 1920, assuming instead the title of Founder, and she became increasingly involved in the international association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides. In 1919, Olave Baden Powell formed the International Council, which officially became the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928. The first International Conference was held in England in 1920. It was an historic occasion that gave representatives of the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting world the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and experiences. Following the Conference, more Girl Guide and Girl Scout organizations became known to the International Council and, for the first time, Girl Guide and Girl Scout groups began to plan trips abroad. In 1924, the first World Camp took place combined with the 3rd International Conference, at Foxlease in the UK, Juliette realized one of her fondest dreams in May 1926, when the United States hosted an international encampment during the 4th International Conference, held in the USA at Camp Edith Macy in New York. Thirty countries were represented; Low personally subsidized the travel expenses of some of the girls from overseas.

History of Girl Scouting You are not only the first Girl Scout, you are the best Girl Scout of them all. National Board of Girl Scouts of the USA Juliette Gordon Low died from breast cancer at her home in Savannah on January 17, 1927. After her death her friends honored her by establishing the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund, which finances international projects for Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world. She is buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah in her Girl Scout uniform. In her pocket she has a telegram from the National Board of Girl Scouts of the USA, “You are not only the first Girl Scout, you are the best Girl Scout of them all”.

History of Girl Scouting What did Juliette say to her cousin during their famous telephone call? What caused Juliette’s death? Were there Girl Scout Daisies or Brownies in the first troops? Who was the founder of Boy Scouts? What activities did the first Girl Scouts take part in? What was the highest award a Girl Scout could earn? What was the name of Juliette’s cousin that received the famous call? How did the Girl Scouts honor Juliette after her death?

History of WAGGS World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Established in 1928 United States of America is a founding member Mission: To enable girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world Today there are 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from 145 countries History of WAGGGS After the 4th International Conference, representatives from several countries approached Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouts and the Guides, to ask whether an association should be formed with national Girl Guide and Girl Scout organizations as its members. They fully appreciated all that the International Council had done for Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting, and felt that it was time for something more solid and binding. Before the 5th International Conference in Hungary in 1928, Baden-Powell sought the opinions of all known Girl Guide and Girl Scout organizations on the matter and asked them to consider the proposition seriously. Conference delegates from 26 countries finally decided that the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts should be established, with a World Bureau in London as its secretariat. At the 5th International Conference in Hungary in 1928, delegates formed the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). The Association replaced the International Council, an advisory body created in 1919. WORLD TREFOIL PIN (WAGGGS PIN) Girls wear the World Trefoil Pin to represent their connection to the worldwide sisterhood of Girl Scouting and Girl Guiding. Girl Scouts age-levels (Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Girls 11-17, and Adult Girl Scouts) wear this pin on the left side of the uniform directly above the Membership Pin on the Insignia Tab. On it are three leaves representing the Girl Scout Promise, with a flame that represents the flame of friendship. The compass needle is to guide you, and the two stars are the Girl Scout Promise and Law. The outer circle represents the World Association, and the golden yellow trefoil on a bright blue background stands for the sun shining over the children of the world.

History of WAGGS Visiting a World Centre brings girls international friendship, fun, challenge, adventure and self-development. The World Centres offer programmes and activities for all ages, and are open to visitors both inside and outside the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting Movement.  Our Chalet is the first World Centre of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, WAGGGS where since 1932 visitors have been living their dreams of skiing - Hiking - Fun and Friendship! Pax Lodge is one of four World Centres of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). The centre is situated in Hampstead, North London, next door to the World Bureau, the International Headquarters of WAGGGS.  Our Cabaña was officially opened in July of 1957. The first participants attended a Juliette Low Session. It was during this session that the "Our Cabaña Song" was written using a traditional Mexican tune sung at birthdays. Sangam World Centre is one of the World Centres of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Founded in 1966, Sangam is located in Pune, India, on the banks of the Mula River. Sangam, which means “coming together” in the ancient language of Sanskrit, serves as a place for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world to come together to share their experiences, as well as the culture and traditions of their homelands and Member Organizations. A 5th in Africa is being developed.

Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians Members 14,791 Girls 5,312 Adults Girl Scouts of the USA has more than 100 councils, or local offices. The Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA) serves 46 counties from Southwest Virginia, through East Tennessee, and into North Georgia. Service centers are located in Johnson City, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. Each service center has a Girl Scout shop, and the Knoxville Service Center is home to the Girl Scout Museum at Daisy’s Place. The council is 14,791 girl and 5,312 adult members strong. The Our Girl Scout Story patch, which was created by the Girl Scout Museum at Daisy’s Place, offers troops or individual girls an opportunity to learn about the history of Girl Scouting in the U.S.A. and in the Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians.

Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians Girl Scout Museum at Daisy’s Place Exhibits Vintage Uniforms SWAPS Secret City Girl Scouts Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge Girl Scout Museum at Daisy’s Place is located at the Knoxville Service Center. The Girl Scout organization has a very special and unique history in Oak Ridge, the “Secret City.” The very first Oak Ridge Girl Scout troop was formed by Elsie Novy (Atkins) during WWII after she received permission from the United States Army. Decades later, Oak Ridger Joyce Maienschein’s Girl Scout Troop 69 founded the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge. The aforementioned exhibit of Maienschein’s Girl Scout collection will also include memorabilia from Elsie Novy (Atkins).

Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians Girl Scout Service Units Fountainhead #252 Oak Ridge #206 Little River #210 Many local Girl Scout councils have Service Units which are specific geographic areas and the Girl Scouts within it—all leaders, troops/groups, and girls there. A service unit also includes individuals who give troop support.

History of Girl Scouting What does the abbreviation WAGGS stand for? How many countries are members of WAGGS? How many World Centres are there? What is our Girl Scout Council’s name? What is our Service Unit’s name? Where is the Girl Scout Museum at Daisy’s Place located? What kinds of things can you see and do at Daisy’s Place? What is the real name of the ‘Secret City’? What did Joyce Maienschein’s Girl Scout Troop found?

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