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Girl Scouts

noun

An organization of young women and girls founded in 1912 for character development and citizenship training.

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"Girl scouts" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the Girl Scouts of America. The fact is, I think I was always a Girl Scout myself (although the name was unknown); yes, from the very beginning. Even my first youthful story was "scouty" in tone, if I may invent a word. Then for a few years afterward, when I was "scoutingly" busy educating ...

— The Girl Scouts: A Training School for Womanhood • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... month ago," Dr. Miller replied. "We first heard about it from our tenant farmer when we arrived here from Spindrift. He was full of the news, as you can imagine. The ghost first appeared at a Girl Scouts' campfire. An annual event. The girls are supposed to camp overnight. Needless ...

— The Blue Ghost Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin

... not aspire to be a scout. The young propagandist had forgotten to tell her of the Girl Scouts who can do a few things, if you please. But one thing Pepsy could do; she could worship at the feet of ...

— Pee-wee Harris • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... girls' clubs in agriculture and home economics, the boy and girl scouts, the campfires, the little mothers' leagues, the health crusades, the Y.M.C.A and Y.W.C.A., and other organizations for children and youth, have created new interest in certain aspects of school work and are a source of educational ...

— The Farmer and His Community • Dwight Sanderson

... CAMP This is a story which centers around the making and the enjoying of a mountain camp, spiced with the fun of a lively troop of Girl Scouts. The charm of living in the woods, of learning woodcraft of all sorts, of adventuring into the unknown, combine to make a busy and an exciting summer for ...

— A Little Miss Nobody - Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall • Amy Bell Marlowe