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Show Sunday, March XT (MV; I lf r-- ; : 1 JllS tl " I 1 - fJL 'V iA - S" "?r-- LdTI Gliiwl TAe self-discove- fi; OiJglffi ifw'l HI I JfliF!I " Ulff. pi fl& f : IfS ft Wtl - 0- 1s feJ L f? 1 Karen Sommer, wear present day Girl Scout j uniforms, at right; uni- - 1 j s , o-- ....SJT. 4 f .. . years ago, in 1912, a dinner" was 29 "grand cents ... people were tapping their toes to "Alexanders Ragtime Band" ... William H. Taft was President ... and women were marching to more than John Philip Sousa. Women were on the move, working for emancipation from the Victorian restraints which dictated a woman"s place is in the home. Some of the more daring "society women" began to discard corsets and cumbersome petticoats; and men who wanted their women at e e home were horrified at the thoughts of emancipation. Women began to drive cars, become pilots, and go to work in offices and shops. Seattle women, two years before, had even received the vote. Movies and Hollywood were becoming popular. Mary Pickford earned $175 a week in 1911. skyrocketing to a handsome $10,000 a week by 1916. The Model T was "in" and cam fJXJT "a skiiis Bv ONEITA SLMSION Herald Staff Writer A chance meeting with Lord on an ocean Robert Baden-Powevoyage between the United States ll and Great Britain about 1910 turned out to have consequences for a woman named and milJuliette Gordon Low lions of girls nationwide. was so enthuLord Baden-Powesiastic about a new movement for boys, which he was initiating in England, that his enthusiasm extended to Mrs. Low. So much so that she chose to remain in Scotland for two years, working to organize the "Girl Guides." knocking at his door demanding the same type of opportunity tor girls. Because he was afraid that "girls" might embarrass "boys" if Agnes Baden-Powel- l, ! M f f'P'V R&S M ; ' i f ', '!' 4 '' 1 ' ' : .' : H i y Gv'pi,'-'-- - If ( . 0 '! - f" ,Ji :u - She never took NO for an answer! ll l, u .- J Steve Olsen Photo When Baden-Powehad organized the Boy Scouts in England in 1907, six young ladies had come V IA 13. if of sold for $2 to $6. Two-thirall toy sales were made at Christ- ifci -- J Vs j!s eras mas, but in 1917 Christmas gift exchange was abolished by federal edict because of World War I. The demure Gibson girl was playing tennis and golf ... women were beginning to swim instead of merely dipping and wading ... and, Girl Scouting in the U.S.A. was founded. As the country grew and changed, so did the Girl Scouts, affected by the happenings around them. Prosperity, war. depression, all helped to shape Girl Scouting into an active organization, proving that the woman's place was not only in the home but in the community, the country, the world. Of all the changes in Girl Scouting, perhaps the most apparent is the uniform. From blue to khaki to green, from bloomers to dresses to each uniform sleek pantsuits reflects the times. And each uniform has its own special, individual meaning pride, comradeship, faith, and service. VEi 1 W . ll Lord Robert Baden-Poweland Juliette Gordon Low. m ' . - liTr i J5PXi - 7T3 OA Scouting Seventy-fiv- - ry. 0-1.- Vf dentified Girl Scouts and Girl Scout leader show interim period uniforms, (J I Girl Scouts were, top; Kathryi, Crabb, Jaime Sommer, Jennifer Bagby, and C helping portunities and ideas, developing potential, stimulating Join us in congratulating this fine or-ganization on their 75th anniversary this March 12, 1987, during Girl Scouts Week, March 8th through 14th! " ' Gir Scouts huIm 1 Sff iVH youth discover adventure and fun while opening up a world of interesting op-I- ll A 1 y& (lllllll I 111 SU Wl Ht?gH.," j.t..uiT.' ' V. - : rjl .I i j ' V y, .' I f 1 NT" iibZX'f 111 ' ' ' J St ' ' fi 25 GIRL SCOUTS J X - Page THE HERALD, Provo. Utah, Timely news, columns, features and social issues concerning the culture. Today 'v 8. 1987 he turned to his for help. Agnes subsequently organized the Girl Guides. Success of the group was imperative, destined to spread across continents. It was an extension of this group that Juliette Low worked to organize in Scotland. She scheduled "leas" in her home in an ellort to attract poor girls, who would come to "cat." She taught them survival they met jointly, sister, Agnes Baden-Powel- l, vcu.ui6, toiling iaying-henand other things that farm girls needed to know. When she returned to the United States, arriving on March 12, 1912, she immediately called her niece and other girls, announcing that, "I have something for the girls of Savannah and all America. And we are going to start it tonight." But the name "Girl Guides" was not satisfactory to Mrs. Low. So she changed it, and her niece, Daisy Gordon, became the first Girl Scout that very evening. Partially deaf, Mrs. Low used the handicap to her advantage turning a deaf ear to anyone who told her "no." She heard them only it thev said, "Yes." s, And the yeses came in the form of camp land, other donations, and public service. Low made the first public service movie, "Follow Me Girls," in 1918, which did much to heighten interest in Girl Scouts. By the time Mrs. Low died in 1927, the Girl Scout movement had spread from coast to coast. Every state in the union organized girls into patrols, troops and councils, Utah being the last to do so. It began in Ogden at the Bertha Eccles home, now a community-center- . Because Juliette Gordon been born in the South in middle of the Civil War, she sent to Chicago to live with grandparents for a time. had the was her And because her had been captured by Shawnees, living among them like an Indian princess for several years, and because her grandfather was an Indian agent, the young Juliette became a great admirer of Indians. For this reason, many early Girl Scout campgrounds were given Indian names. "It is not intended that Girl Scouts should form a new club, separated from all others," points out a special facsimile edition of the Handbook for Girl Scouts. Rather, "that girls who belong to any kind of existing organization, such as school clubs, factories, social or charitable clubs, YWCA's, can also take up, in addition to their other work or play, the Girl Scouts' training and games ..." Eight girls in any town, school, or settlement (may) join together to form a Patrol. And so it has been for 75 Low's Juliette have "girls" years. grown through those homemaking and survival skills she sought to have them learn. And even though she had no children of her own, one might say she had millions of them. Her "girls", through the years have so appreciated her efforts that they purchased her childhood home and restored it. In addition, a federal building in Savannah was named for her, as was a World War II liberty Ship. |