Juliette Gordon Low: The Remakable Founder of the Girl Scouts
New York: Viking Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing. Hardcover. xii+ m382 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Very good in very good or somewhat better dust jacket. Juliette ("Daisy") Gordon Low (1860-1927) grew up in post-Civil War Georgia. She suffered frequent illnesses, including her hearing impairment, and had an unhappy marriage to Willy Low and wa left a wealthy but wounded widow at age 45. Searching for a sense of purpose, she found inspiration in Robert Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts and created "Girl Guide" troops in Britian. Sh imported the group to Savannah and changed its name to "Girl Scouts" Very Good / very good. Item #E25557
ISBN: 9780670023301
Price: $12.95