Organizational records, 1930-1980.
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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...
Isabella County Girl Scouts, Inc.
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The Council was started in 1930 as the Girl Scout Council of Mount Pleasant, Mich., Inc. Original goals of the Scouts were to help girls realize the ideals of womanhood as preparation for their lives in the home and community service. By 1980, the Council included 45 troops with over 600 socuts in Mount Pleasant and Isabella County (Mich.). They had/have many activities, including the annual cookie sale. In 1953, Edward Owen Harris donated a cabin named for his daughter, the Jane Harris Girl Sco...