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Show Hidden Heroines Role Models For Girl Scouts During the past year Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. have been trying to locate and identify women of the past and present who have made significant contributions to our community commun-ity , city, state and nation. The definition of a HEROINE HER-OINE is: a woman admired for her achievement and noble qualities, and considered a model or ideal. Girls hear a lot about the heroes and very little about the heroines. Yet the heroines are there, in the past and present of every community and in every racial, religious, and ethnic group. All of us need to know about them and girls especially need female role models. By ascertaining the many roles of females, their identities, and their contributions contribu-tions to our country, new opportunities for community action by girls and women working together will be created. Hidden Heroines can be of the Past, Present, or Future (future would be youth in the community who has performed an outstanding service or heroic feat at an early age). Hidden Heroines may be Scouts or non-Scouts. During the past year, Red Rocks Neighborhood Troops have chosen 5 women in our area. Ann Chamberlain, Pearl Taylor, Tay-lor, Helen Taylor, Eliza Burr, all of Moab and Margeruite Rogers of Monticello. Two of these were Girl Scout related, Helen Taylor who this year will have spent the past 30 years helping Girl Scouts in Moab especially, and Margeruite Rogers who has been a "Jill of all trades" in the Girl Scout field in Monticello. We hope that those troops who have not yet chosen a Hidden Heroine will take the time to become better acquainted acquain-ted with some of the outstanding outstand-ing women of our area. |