What did Juliette Gordon Low contribute to the world?

Answer 1

Juliette Gordon Low was the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA.

Juliette Gordon Low was the daughter of William Washington Gordon and Eleanor Kinzie Gordon. She married William Mackay Low, a wealth Englishman. After Willie died, Juliette traveled and met Sir Robert Baden-Powell the founder of Boy Scouts. Sir Robert Baden-Powell encouraged Juliette to become involved in the starting Girl Guide troops in Scotland and London, England and then Juliette brought the Girl Guide movement to the United States in 1912.

Answer 2

Juliette Gordon Low registered the first American Girl Guides troop in Savannah, Georgia on March 12, 1912. She continued to develop the Girl Guide Girl Scout movement in the USA and around the world until her death in 1927.

She founded the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912, considered to be the largest educational organization for girls in the world.

Answer 3

Juliette Gordon Low registered the first American Girl Guides troop in Savannah, Georgia on March 12, 1912. She founded Girl Scouts in the US in 1912, considered to be the largest educational organization for girls in the world. She continued to develop the Girl Guide Girl Scout movement in the USA and around the world until her death in 1927.

Answer 4

As the second of six children, Juliette Gordon, spent her childhood living in a large home in Savannah, Georgia. She enjoyed the arts; she wrote poems, practiced sketching, and wrote and performed plays. Juliette was also very athletic, playing tennis, doing swimming and canoeing, and being the captain of a rowing team. She also attended the Virginia Female Institute boarding school as a teenager and later, the Mesdemoiselles Charbonniers finishing school.

Answer 5

Before she met Lord Baden-Powell, Juliette Gordon Low didn't have a specific goal. She probably wanted to marry and have children. She had many interests such as travel, art and sculpting, horses, and her family.

After Juliette Gordon Low met Lord Baden-Powell, her goal became that of bringing the Girl Guide and Girl Scout program to girls. She started Girl Guide troops in Scotland and London, then returned home to the United States to start a Girl Guide troop and eventually national and international Girl Guide and Girl Scout organizations. Nurturing and growing Girl Guides and Girl Scouts was her goal for the rest of her life.

Answer 6

Being an artist and sculptor, Juliette Gordon Low completed many paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, china painting, and metalwork. One of her most well known projects is a pair of iron gates made for the entrance to her home, Wellesbourne House in Warwickshire, England. Those gates are now located in the garden of the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace in Savannah, Georgia.

Answer 7

Each year, on her birthday, Juliette Gordon Low would stand on her head. She would stand on her head just to show others that she could still do it.

Juliette liked to stand on her head and even stood on her head at a Girl Scout event to show off her new shoes.