How did Juliette Gordon Low get the money to start Girl Scouts?

Answer 1

Savannah, Georgia. In fact a biography of her is entitled Lady From Savannah.

In order to start the first American Girl Guide troop, Juliette Gordon Low called her friend, Nina Anderson Pape, who was the principal of a girl's school. Miss Pape suggested a group of girls who went to Mr. Hoxie's camp in the woods each Saturday. The daughter of Juliette's cousin was a member of the group and was able to interest all the girls in joining the first American Girl Guide troop.

Juliette also registered her niece, Margaret "Daisy Doots" Eleanor Gordon as the very first member, although Margaret did not attend the first meeting.

Source: "The Girl Scout Story" by Adéle deLeeuw 1965

Answer 2

Juliette felt that Girl Guides was something girls in the USA would also be interested in so she returned home to Savannah, contacted her friend, Nina Anderson Pape, and gathered girls together for the first American Girl Guide troop meeting on March 12, 1912.

After that, Juliette continued to form troops and, in 1915, the organization was chartered as Girl Scouts, Inc. and had a national office.

Juliette Gordon Low continued to support Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and helped develop an international organization.

Answer 3

Juliette Gordon Low used much of her own money to support Girl Scouts. The first troop met in her home. Later, she turned a building on her property into a meeting place for Girl Scouts.

Juliette also asked many of her friends to make donations and to volunteer their time or other items. At one point, Juliette sold her own pearl necklace to fund Girl Scouts.

Answer 4

Juliette Gordon Low did not invent Girl Scouts. Sir Robert Baden Powell, the founder of the Scouting Movement, started Girl Guides when girls told him they wanted to be Boy Scouts.

Juliette Gordon Low brought Girl Guiding to the US when she started the first American Girl Guides troop in Savannah, Georgia in 1912. A year later Juliette Gordon Low changed the name of the organization to Girl Scouts.

Answer 5

After Juliette Gordon Low's husband died, she was looking for something to do. On one of her trips, she met Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting Movement. He got Juliette interested in Girl Guides and she started a Girl Guide troop in Scotland and two in London. Juliette felt that girls should have more opportunities than just being housewives and could develop into stronger, more gifted young women.

Juliette felt that Girl Guides was something girls in the USA would also be interested in so she returned home to Savannah, contacted her friend, Nina Anderson Pape, and gathered girls together for the first American Girl Guide troop meeting on March 12, 1912.

Answer 6

Juliette Gordon Low organized the first American Girl Guide troop meeting in the USA on March 12, 1912 in Savannah, Georgia. One year later, the name was changed to Girl Scouts.