Founder of Girl Scouts of America

inspired by Robert Baden-Powell in 1912 established the first Girl Guide troop in the country in Savannah, Georgia & it became Girl Scouts of America in 1915; 1912 released the first American Girl Guides manual, entitled How Girls Can Help Their Country, a slightly amended version of Agnes Baden-Powell's book; 1913 set up the Girl Scouts national headquarters in Washington, D.C.; designed and patented the trefoil badge; formed the Honorary Committee of Girl Scouts and elected her family and friends to the committee; worked on and appeared in The Golden Eaglet, the first Girl Scout movie; after the 1922 convention she began planning Cloudlands, a camping facility in Cloudland, Georgia, designed to train leaders and girls together & it was later renamed Camp Juliette Low;

Liquid container for use with garbage cans or the like; Trefoil Girl Scout Badge; disposable drinking cup

Category:
Philanthropy

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
1124925; D 45234;

Co-Inventor:
None