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When Juliette Was a Girl
Girl Scouting in the USA has a long history starting with Juliette Gordon Low. Find out more about Girl Scouts' founder.
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| The Gordon children circa 1876. Juliette is at top left. |
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My Life
Hi! My name is Juliette Gordon. My nickname is Daisy. I grew up to start Girl Scouts of the USA.
I was born in Savannah, Georgia, on October 31, 1860. I am the second of six kids in my family—I have three sisters and two brothers.
When I was young, I went to a boarding school in Virginia. When I got older, I went to a French School in New York City. I loved the arts—I designed my own clothes, painted china, and performed skits with my friends.
But I was also a tomboy—roughhousing with my brothers, getting my hair braided with taffy, even cementing my fingers to a soap dish!
I always loved animals—I was always coming home with a stray cat or dog. Well, to be honest, they weren't always strays—some belonged to people, but I felt that they were being neglected, so I took them home. Momma always made me take them back.
A Turkey Tale
When I was a kid, cooking was very different from what it is like now. If you wanted a turkey dinner, you'd have to go outside and get a live turkey—then cut its head off, pluck off the feathers, and cook it. That was the only way to get fresh meat! See, we only had cold storage, but no real fridge or freezer. When our ice melted, food went bad.
One year for Thanksgiving, we raised a turkey and all became very fond of him—even called him "old Tom." When the day came for Tom to become Thanksgiving dinner, I begged my papa for the turkey's life, and, if not, then at least for anesthesia.
So we got some chloroform, put poor Tom to sleep, plucked him, and put him in the cold storage. We did not, however, cut off his head. So the next morning when we went to get him for cooking, he was very much alive and very, very mad. He chased Mama and the cook round and round, until finally he was caught, and had to lose his head. It really was a Thanksgiving to remember!
Want to find out more? Learn about How Girl Scouts Began and gave girls everywhere the chance to do lots of fun things!
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