Girl scouts history

AKA – this is what GIRL POWER looks like!

This is the big year. Girl Scouts throughout the country are celebrating 100 years of American girls exploring their potentials and having fun cooking over campfires, earning badges, sleeping in tent...

Girl Scout catalog 1943

Early Girl Scout troop crests were only flowers and had no meaning. Troops were identified by their troop crest, not troop number.

Learn about famous firsts in October with these free October printables. The set includes facts about parachutes, the Statue of Liberty, and more.

Last weekend as my husband and I made our weekly foray to the farmer's market, I noticed the window of my town's historical society was filled with vintage Girl Scout uniforms!

As a diehard, green-blooded Girl Scout, I have been a collector of vintage Girl Scout memorabilia for years. And as a seamstress and designer, anything to do with fabric gets my attention. So you can imagine my delight when I acquired some yardage of the original vintage Girl Scout fabric produced in 1959. This fabric is what the Robert Kaufman Girl Scout fabric released in 2010 was based on. This photo is the vintage1959 Girl Scout fabric: And here is the Robert Kaufman 2010 Girl Scout…

A cornerstone of Girl Scouting, the seven legacy badges build on over 100 years of Girl Scout history. Each of these badges (Artist, Athlete, Citizen, Cook, First Aid, Girl Scout Way, and Naturalist) is available at five levels of Girl Scouting, from Brownie to Ambassador. Painting Fair Play Celebrating Community Snacks Brownie First Aid Brownie Girl Scout Way Bugs Drawing Practice with Purpose Inside Government Simple Meals Junior First Aid Junior Girl Scout Way Flowers Comic Artist Good…

Keep your troop running smoothly with these local resources for Girl Scout volunteers.

Since 1932, March 12 has been observed as the official Girl Scout Birthday with the Sunday through Saturday calendar week including it being referred to as Girl Scout Week. Whether you’re looking f…