"Daisy," as she was affectionately called by family and friends, was the second of six children of William Washington Gordon and Eleanor Kinzie Gordon. Family members on her father's side were early settlers in Georgia, and her mother's family played an important role in the founding of Chicago, Illinois.
In 1911, Juliette Gordon Low traveled to England where she met Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, and became interested in the new youth movement. She returned to the United States just one year later to start the Girl Scout Movement – she made a historic phone call to a friend saying, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all America, and the entire world, and we're going to start it tonight."
She gathered 18 girls together to organize the first two American Girl Guide troops. Daisy Gordon, her niece, was the first registered member. The name of the organization was changed to Girl Scouts the following year.
Read more about Daisy and her life here. Happy Birthday Daisy!
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