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Papers, undated.

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Brief biography of Alice Merritt, first woman to serve in the Connecticut Senate and sponsor of Camp Alice P. Merritt, a retreat in Hartland, Conn., for girl scouts; mentions annual baby parades in Bloomfield, Conn., as part of their Fourth of July celebrations.

4 p. ; 28 x 22 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Girl Scouts of the United States of America

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The Girl Scouts were founded by Juliette Gordon Low on March 12, 1912 when Low organized the first Girl Guide troop meeting of 18 girls at her home in Savannah, Georgia. By the next year they became the Girl Scouts of the United States. By the 1920s troops were forming overseas as well. Low was inspired to start the Girl Scouts after she met Robert Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, in 1911. Beginning with Lou Henry Hoover, the incumbent First Lady has served as the Honorary Pr...

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