Juliette Gordon Low started the Girl Scouts of America in Savannah, GA on Mar. 12, 1912. Here are some highlights from the organization’s century of providing activities and education:
1918: Thousands of merit badges are awarded posthumously during the Spanish flu pandemic
1925: The first females are admitted to this formerly all-male group reserved for the girliest members of the Boy Scouts
1934: Rumblings of Ms. Persimmon’s affections for Ms. Cartwright cause quite the stir
1944: Doing their part for the war effort, Girl Scouts build 156 P-51 Mustang fighters
1967: Yeast infections plummet when the organization begins teaching the front-to-back wipe method
1968: In tumultuous times, Girl Scouts are dispatched to the South to pick up race-riot litter off Louisville, KY streets
1984: The Girl Scouts’ youngest membership group, Daisies, is created to introduce girls as young as 5 years old to the valuable life skill of leveraging their cute outward appearances to sell goods and get ahead
1994: The entire 3-million-member Girl Scout organization stays up all night talking about Jonathan Taylor Thomas
2011: Scout Mindy Johns wanders into the wilderness and returns with vision for new Savannah Smiles cookie
