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Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. [2] It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, a year after she had met Robert Baden-Powell , the founder of Scouting .
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts ( WAGGGS / wæɡz /) is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organisations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, and has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom. It is the counterpart of the World Organization ...
Girl Guides (known as Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) is a worldwide movement, originally and largely still designed for girls and women only. The movement began in 1909, when girls requested to join the then-grassroots Boy Scout Movement .
Your local Girl Scout troop could be incubating the next Fortune 500 CEO. Eight women leaders of Fortune 500 companies were once Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, or more, according to an analysis by ...
“My daughters weren't Girl Scouts, my sisters weren't Girl Scouts, and my mom wasn't a Girl Scout.” When Barczykowski joined the organization 14 years ago, she knew “nothing” about Girl ...
The lifesaving awards have been part of Girl Scouts since the organization’s founding in the United States in 1912, according to GSUSA. The awards are given to girls from 5 to 17 years old ...
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. Robert Baden-Powell chose to name his organization for girls "the Girl Guides". In the United States and several East Asian countries the term "Girl Scout" is used instead.
Girl Scouts support women and girls in STEM. According to the National Science Foundation, 12.3 million women were employed in STEM jobs in the United States in 2021 — just over one-third of the ...