Juliette Low Stamp Part I of II

The founder of Girl Scouts of America is Juliette Gordon Low. She was born on October 31, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia. Nicknamed “Daisy”, by her loving family and friends, the sensitive and talented youngster did not know what great things lay ahead for her in her lifetime. A witty girl, she was well known for her love of animals and of many different types of art.

Following her school years, Juliette traveled throughout Europe and the United States. She married a wealthy Englishman named William Mackay Low on December 21, 1886. On her wedding day, a grain of rice; that was thrown by well wishers, lodged in her ear causing a puncture to her eardrum. She lost her hearing completely in that ear. This situation was even more unfortunate because since childhood, she was almost totally deaf in her other ear.

She continued to travel between the British Isles and America after she was married. During the Spanish-American war, Juliette returned to the US to help organize a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers. After the war, she returned to her husband in England only to find that their marriage was disintegrating. Juliette Low was legally separated from her husband when he died in 1905.

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