Special Girl Scouts Annoucement
Immortalizing an Icon
Just in time for Mother’s Day, in honor of the “Mother” of the Girl Scouts and part of a series of initiatives celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts, The Presidents Gallery by Madame Tussauds hosted leaders from the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital (GSCNC) and dozens of D.C.-area Girl Scout Daisies (grades K-1) and troops to unveil a wax figure of the pioneering woman who founded the Girl Scouts 100 years ago.
We are very excited to announce that all Girl Scouts will be able to stand next to and take pictures with their founder, Juliette Gordon Low, during their visit to The Presidents Gallery by Madame Tussauds! As the only place in the world to be able to “meet” Juliette in wax form, this is a unique opportunity for your troops to have a once in a lifetime experience. We know you have lots of choices when visiting Washington D.C. but none will offer your troop the opportunity to meet the founder of the Girl Scouts.
Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low assembled 18 girls from Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912, for a local Girl Scout meeting. She believed that all girls should be given the opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually. With the goal of bringing girls out of isolated home environments and into community service and the open air, Girl Scouts hiked, played basketball, went on camping trips, learned how to tell time by the stars, and studied first aid.
Within a few years, Low’s dream for a girl-centered organization was realized. Today, Girl Scouts of the USA has a membership of over 3.2 million girls and adults, a significant growth from its modest beginnings a century ago. In fact, more than 50 million women in the U.S. today are Girl Scout alumnae.
