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Always conflicted about her status as a "woman of ease," Juliette Gordon Low looked
for a call to service and found it in scouting. From the beginning, membership included
girls from different religious, ethnic, and social backgrounds, as well as girls with
disabilities. (Low herself was severely hearing-impaired for much of her life.) Today there
are more than 2.5 million Girl Scouts in the US and in nearly 90 other countries. More
than 50 million women have participated in Juliette Gordon Low's organization.

“Our country needs
women who are
prepared.”
– Juliette Gordon Low (1917)