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Girl Scouts Highlights in History Timeline
Take a look at our timeline of Girl Scout milestones throughout history to see the amazing accomplishments we’ve achieved together. <em>(IMAGE)</em> This 1925 rendition of the Girl Scout Promise was designed by illustrator Edith Ballinger Price, who helped develop the Brownie program. -
How Girl Scouts started
Our Movement began in Savannah, Georgia, in March 1912, when a courageous woman named Juliette Gordon Low, 51, made an historic call to her cousin. "Come right over! I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight," she said. She gathered 18 girls to start the first patrol. (IMAGE) Juliette Gordon Low, Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA, at a White House ceremony with Girl Scouts First Class Award recipients, 1917. -
Ahead of its time: Girl Scouts welcomes the physically challenged
Since 1912, Girl Scouts has welcomed with open arms any girl willing to live up to the ideals of the Girl Scout Promise and Girl Scout Law. (IMAGE) A Girl Scout Intermediate who is blind reads from the first individual subsction to the Braille edition of <em>The American Girl</em>, 1962. -
First Girl Scout Cookies sold
The first recorded sale of Girl Scout Cookies was in 1917 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. A local Girl Scout troop decided to sell cookies to raise money. They were simple sugar cookies, made at home by Girl Scouts and their families.
<em>(IMAGE)</em>Door-to-door Girl Scout cookie sales, 1928. -
Girl Scouts Celebrates 100th Anniversary
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U.S. Mint launches the first Girl Scout Coin
"The commemorative coin honoring 100 years of Girl Scouting was designed and produced by the United States Mint. It features three Girl Scouts on the obverse (heads) side and the iconic organization's trefoil logo on the reverse (tails) side. The bills authorizing the United States Mint to mint and issue up to 350,000 of the silver dollar coins passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in October 2009. President Obama signed the legislation on October 29, 2009." -
The Future of the Girl Scouts
It’s not a surprise to most that Girl Scouts has had an incredible 100-year history. In that time, we have grown from a mere 18 members to 3.2 million members, and we have achieved countless victories for girls and young women across the country. Thanks to the support of people like you, our Movement will continue to grow, and we will continue to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
