Simply Stated, Girls Want Role Models And

Girls Who Lead Turn In To Women Who Thrive.

Girl Scouts Is Such An Iconic Organization That It's Easy To Overlook How Daring An Idea It Was For Founder Juliette Gordon Low To Gather Those First 18 Girls In That Troop In Savannah, Georgia. It Was 1912, After All, And Women Wouldn't Earn The Right To Vote For Another Eight Years.

Girls Are Twice As Likely As Boys To Avoid Leadership Roles For Fear Of Being Deemed 'bossy' By Their Peers.

Sometimes When I Speak To Groups Or I'm Interviewed By A Journalist, I Ask Them To Imagine Their Communities Without Girl Scouts - To Imagine The Thousands Of Food Drives And Clothing And Toy Collections That Would Never Take Place If Not For Girl Scouts.

Unless And Until Our Society Recognizes Cyber Bullying For What It Is, The Suffering Of Thousands Of Silent Victims Will Continue.