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Juliette Gordon Lowe portrait doll. Hand made doll of white female with dark brown hand painted hair. She is wearing on olive green suit with ankle length skirt, green shirt and green felt hat, black tie, brown belt and brown leather shoes. Underneath is a green slip and bloomers. She leans slightly forward and to her right.
Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927) was an American youth leader and the founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Her interest in the Scout movement stemmed from her friendship with Robert and Agnes Baden-Powell, who had organized the Boy Scouts and its sister organization, the Girl Guides, in England. After forming a small troop of Girl Guides in Scotland and two in London, Low returned to the United States and organized the nation's first troop of Girl Guides in Savannah in 1912. In 1915, by which time the name had been changed to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, the movement was formally organized on a national basis and Low was elected president, a post she retained until 1920 (when she retired and her birthday was set aside as Girl Scouts Founder's Day). Low traveled throughout the United States, donating and soliciting funds and organizing troops. By the time of her death in 1927 there were more than 140,000 Girl Scouts in troops in every U.S. state, and by the early 21st century the organization had grown to include some 3.7 million members. |
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