Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts
January 13, 2012 - May 2013
Museum: Portrait Gallery
Location: 2nd Floor, South Rotunda
The iconic painting of Juliet Gordon Low, a patent award, a membership pin, and photographs of Low when she commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Girl Scouts are on view. Low founded the American Girl Guides on March 12, 1912; renamed Girl Scouts of the USA in 1913, the organization celebrates its centennial in 2012. Eighteen girls registered in the first American Girl Guide troop; now, one 100 years later, there are 3.3 million members, making the Girl Scouts the largest educational organization for girls in the world.
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Washington DC
Metro Stop: Gallery Place-Chinatown,
9th St. exit
9th St. exit
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