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the original 18 girls, Girl Scouting has grown to 3.7 million members. Girl Scouts is the largest educational organization for girls in the world and has influenced the more than 50 million girls, women and men who have belonged to it.
By maintaining contact with overseas Girl Guides and Girl Scouts during World War I, she helped lay the foundation for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. After her death from breast cancer, her friends honored her by establishing the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund, which finances international projects for Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world. Juliette Low died on January 17, 1927 at her Savannah , Georgia home.
INTERESTING FACTS:
July 3, 1948 a stamp honoring Juliette Low, was authorized by President Truman.
During WWII, Juliette had a "Liberty Ship" named in her honor.
In 1954, the city of Savannah named a school for her. A Juliette Low School also exists in Anaheim, CA
October 28, 1979, Juliette Low was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls New York.
In 1979, President Ronald Reagan named a federal building in Savannah in her honor. It was the second federal building in history to be named after a woman.
In 1992, a Georgia non-profit honored Juliette Low as one of the first Georgia Women of Achievement. A bust of Juliette Low is displayed in the State Capitol. In 2000, The Deaf World in Wax, a traveling exhibit, featured her as a famous deaf American.
On October 14, 2005, Juliette Low's life work was immortalized in a commemorative, bronze-and-granite medallion as part of a new national monument in Washington, D.C. The Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway pays tribute to great Americans who built their dreams into movements that have created enduring change in America. The monument's medallions, laid into sidewalks adjacent to the White House, form a one-mile walking path
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