1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hi everyone, I'm Eve's Welcome to This Day 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: in History Class, a podcast for folks who can never 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: have enough history knowledge. Today is March. The day was 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: March twelfth, nineteen twelve, the Girl Scouts of the United 6 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: States of America, then known as the Girl Guys, was founded. 7 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: The Girl Scouts is an organization for girls that encourages leadership, 8 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: community service, and confidence, and also teaches practical skills. The 9 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: Boy Scouts movement began in England in n eight That year, 10 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: Robert baden Pole published the book Scouting for Boys, a 11 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: Handbook for Instruction and Good Citizenship. Baden Pole was a 12 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: British Army officer who participated in wars in South Africa 13 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: and other places is on the African continent. He was 14 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: not the first person to use the term boy Scout, 15 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: nor was he the first to promote practical skills and 16 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: self discipline. For instance, the Boys Brigade was founded in 17 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: Britain in the eighteen eighties, but baden Pole wanted to 18 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: add elements of scouting, such as tracking and observation, to 19 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: the activities of the Boys Brigade. Other people such as 20 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: Ernest Thompson Seaton, who was the founder of the organization 21 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: that was originally called the Woodcraft Indians, influenced baden Pole's initiatives. 22 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: The Woodcraft Indians did not actually accept Native American children 23 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: in the program, appropriated practices that were inaccurately perceived to 24 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: be part of Native American life. Anyway, baden Pole went 25 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: about teaching boys about things such as woodcraft and patriotism 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: and an experimental camp and setting up a Boy Scout's office. 27 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: By the end of nineteen o eight, there were tens 28 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: of thousands of registered Boy Scouts. Baden Pole did not 29 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: agree with bringing girls into the organization, and in nineteen ten, 30 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:09,559 Speaker 1: his sister Agnes founded the Girl Guides. Soon similar organizations 31 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: began popping up around the world. Juliette Gordon Lowe, who 32 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: was friends with baden Pole, was involved in the Girl 33 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: Guide movement in England. She organized the first Girl Guide 34 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: Troope in Savannah, Georgia, where she was born, on March twelfth, 35 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: nineteen twelve. She soon changed the name of the organization 36 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: to the Girl Scouts of the United States and established 37 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: a headquarters in Washington, d C. The movement began to 38 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: grow quickly, Lowe was elected president of the Girl Scouts, 39 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: a position that she retained until nineteen twenty. Branches were 40 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: organized across the US. By nine seven, the year low died, 41 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: there were more than one dred and forty thousand Girl 42 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: Scouts in the country. Young girls and teenagers could participate 43 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: in the Girl Scouts. Initially, the Girl Scout code included 44 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: being obedient, loyal, and cheerful, and they could earn badges 45 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: and awards for their work in the organization. The history 46 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: of the Girl Scouts is not without controversy. Low budded 47 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: heads with the leaders of other Girl Scouting organizations, such 48 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: as the Girl Scouts of America and the Campfire Girls. 49 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: Her attempts to merge her organization with theirs were unsuccessful, 50 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: though the Girl Scouts eventually became the biggest organization. Also, 51 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: the Girl Scouts were initially racially segregated because low thought 52 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: that including black girls would make Southern troops leave. She 53 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: let state in local councils rule on the issue. The 54 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: third U s troop, formed in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 55 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: nineteen thirteen, included black girls, and the first all black 56 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: Girl Scout troops were formed in nineteen seventeen. The Girl 57 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: Scout Troops, believed to be the first all black one 58 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: in the South, formed in nineteen thirty two. Over the years, 59 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: troops began to include groups such as Native Americans and 60 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: Mexican Americans, and by the nineteen fifties, troops again desegregation 61 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: on a larger national scale. Today, the Girl Scouts of 62 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: the United States of America has millions of members. Girls 63 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: can now join the Boy Scouts of America as well, 64 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: even though the Girl Scouts protested the decision due to 65 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: issues such as sexual assault and inadequate programming. I'm Eve 66 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: stuff Coote and hopefully you know a little more about 67 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: history today than you did yesterday. 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