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Juliette Gordon Low

1860 - 1927

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Juliette Gordon Low (née Gordon; October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927) was the American founder of Girl Scouts of the USA. Inspired by the work of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scout Movement, she joined the Girl Guide movement in England, forming her own group of Girl Guides there in 1911. In 1912, she returned to the United States, and the same year established the first Girl Guide troop in the country in Savannah, Georgia. In 1915, the United States' Girl Guides became known as the Girl Scouts, and Juliette Gordon Low was the first leader. She remained active until the time of her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Juliette Gordon Low is the 682nd most popular social activist (up from 687th in 2024), the 12,991st most popular biography from United States (up from 13,505th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among social activists, Juliette Gordon Low ranks 682 out of 840. Before her are Flora Drummond, Beyers Naudé, Karina Pankievich, Lydia Cacho, Jamnalal Bajaj, and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz. After her are Luis Taruc, Emily Murphy, Arthur Scargill, Maryam Namazie, Rachel Corrie, and Amelia Boynton Robinson.

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Among people born in 1860, Juliette Gordon Low ranks 144. Before her are Kate Bruce, Susanna M. Salter, Charles Oman, Gregorio Aglipay, Leonard Wood, and Laura Muntz Lyall. After her are Lillian Russell, and John W. Weeks. Among people deceased in 1927, Juliette Gordon Low ranks 154. Before her are Edward Henry Potthast, Charles Sprague Sargent, Ira Remsen, Sybil Bauer, Leonard Wood, and Harry Johnston. After her is B. B. Comer.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Juliette Gordon Low ranks 114. Before her are Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), Phoebe Hearst (1842), Mario Savio (1942), Virginia Giuffre (1983), and Air Force Amy (1970). After her are Rachel Corrie (1979), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Bobby Henderson (1980), Betty Ong (1956), Julia Butterfly Hill (1974), and Pauli Murray (1910).

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