American reformer Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927) was the founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. With a mission of providing healthy activities for girls while instilling a sense of good citizenship, the Girls Scouts has grown to include millions of members in troops across the country.

Juliette Gordon Low was a wealthy socialite of the United States and Great Britain who spent most of her life enjoying the recreations of the privileged classes. However, after meeting the founder of the Boy Scouts, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, she discovered a social cause to which she would devote the rest of her days--the formation of a similar organization for girls in the United States. An enthusiastic organizer and fundraiser, she led the formation of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America in 1915, using her own fortune as the primary source of financial support for the...