Every year on October 31st, Girl Scouts across the United States commemorate Founder's Day. The date was chosen to remember the birthday of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low. Ms. Low, who blazed a trail for numerous young girls to follow and lived a life of boldness, self-assurance, as well as integrity, would not take "No" for an answer when faced with negativity in her never-ending mission to make Girl Scouts of the USA a success.
Juliette Gordon Low, also known as "Daisy," founded Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912, during the time when women in the US did not yet have the right to vote. Juliette expanded her first troop of 18 girls into a worldwide organization with about 3 million members in 92 countries and more than 59 million alumnae. She envisioned the Scouts from the start as a movement through which girls could band together, work together, share their own skills, and also realize their goals. Ultimately, as many Girl Scouts have done since, she realized her noble vision and left a lasting legacy on the entire world.
Complete Hearing Loss Developed Slowly
Ms. Low was born having the ability to hear but began to suffer a loss of her hearing at the age of seventeen. She experienced severe loss of hearing by the time she hit her mid-twenties and had frequent health conditions such as brain fever, earaches, and malaria. When she was 24 yrs. old she contracted a serious infection in her right ear. Antibiotics were not known then however Juliette swayed her doctor to try applying the new treatment silver nitrate. Her doctor then utilized silver nitrate to cure the infection which caused more damage, thus Juliette lost some of her hearing in that particular ear.
She then became permanently deaf in the left ear after a grain of rice got lodged inside her ear during her wedding on December 21, 1886.
Watch the video clip below to know more about Juliette Gordon Low and her legacy.