Juliette Low Stamp Part II Of II

In continuation from Monday’s post. In 1911, Juliette Gordon Low met Sir Robert Baden-Powell who was the founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. She was so impressed with the organization and the new youth movement; that she decided to bring her new found passion
back to the United States. On March 12, 1912 she gathered 18 girls and registered the first American Girl Guides. The name was changed a year later to Girl Scouts.

Her family home was purchased and restored by Girl Scouts United States of America in 1953. Currently the site is called the Juliette Gordon Low Girl Scout National Center. This National Historic Landmark is a well visited site by many current and former Girl Scouts. Her birthday is celebrated by Girl Scouts across America each year. Juliette Low’s vision of helping develop girls into powerful, self thinking, kind and generous women still continues today. There are thousands of troops nationwide who are dedicated to the “Girl Scout Promise” and “Girl Scout Law”. Both vows are the tenets of the Girl Scout tradition.

After her death, Juliette Low received many awards for her efforts. The Liberty Ship, 2 schools, a federal government building, and a medallion on the Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway in Washington, DC were all named after her. Many of these awards were rarely, if ever, awarded to women. In 1948, Harry Truman authorized a stamp made in her honor. Juliette Gordon Low died of breast cancer on January 17, 1927 in Savannah Georgia.