Girl Scout Day

This March 12 holiday celebrates the creation of the first Girl Scout group on March 12, 1912. Lady Olave Baden-Powell founded Girl Guides. She is the wife of Lord Baden-Powell (who created the Boy Scouts). She was born on February 22, 1889.

On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low started the first Girl Scout group in Savannah Georgia with 18 girls. They went on to become a national organization and were chartered by the U.S. Congress on March 16, 1950. Today, there are millions of girls involved with Girl Scouts. While membership dwindled over the past few decades, leaders have modernized the program. They no longer focus on teaching the girls good homemaker skills. Their focus now is on offering opportunities to excel and be leaders in the modern world.