What were some important Girl Guiding events in the 1970's?

Answer 1

Olave Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide, died in June of 1977.

Girl Guiding started in Bahrain in 1970 and in the United Arab Emirates in 1973.

For Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada, Guide-Scout week was introduced in 1970, centered around Thinking Day, and was a pilot project, approved for a three-year period. A second three-year period was approved and in 1974, with so much success behind it, it was agreed Guide-Scout Week would continue indefinitely, subject to one year's notice of discontinuance by either Movement.

Girl Scout of the USA members elected the first African American National Girl Scout President, Gloria D. Scott, in 1975.

Juliette Gordon Low was installed in the Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York on October 28, 1979. The purpose of the Women's Hall of Fame is to "honor in perpetuity those women, citizens of the United States of America, whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science have been of greatest value to the development of their country."