GIRL SCOUTS
THEIR HISTORY AND PRACTICE
LESSONS IN FOOD CONSERVATION
GIRL SCOUTS
Incorporated
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
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Series No. 6
GIRL SCOUTS
MOTTO
“Be Prepared”
SLOGAN
“Do A Good Turn Daily”
PROMISE
To do my duty to God and to my Country
To help other people at all times
To obey the Scout Laws
LAWS
| I | A Girl Scout's Honor is to be trusted. |
| II | A Girl Scout is loyal. |
| III | A Girl Scout's Duty is to be useful and to help others. |
| IV | A Girl Scout is a friend to all, and a sister to every other Girl Scout. |
| V | A Girl Scout is Courteous. |
| VI | A Girl Scout is a friend to Animals. |
| VII | A Girl Scout obeys Orders. |
| VIII | A Girl Scout is Cheerful. |
| IX | A Girl Scout is Thrifty. |
| X | A Girl Scout is Clean in Thought, Word and Deed. |
GIRL SCOUTS
History of the American Girl Scouts. When SirRobert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scout movementin England, it proved too attractive and toowell adapted to youth to make it possible to limit itsgreat opportunities to boys alone. The Sister organization,known in England as the Girl Guides, quicklyfollowed it and won equal success.
Mrs. Juliette Low, an American visitor in England,and a personal friend of the father of Scouting,realized the tremendous future of the movement forher country; and with the active and friendly co-operationof the Baden-Powells, she founded the GirlGuides in America, enrolling the first patrols inSavannah, Georgia, in March, 1912.
In 1913 National Headquarters were establishedin Washin