In 1911, following a meeting with Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the youth scouting movement, in London, Juliette Gordon Low, commonly known by her nickname “Daisy,” felt called to start an organization that would bring girls together through community service, spending time in nature, and developing new skills. A year later on March 12, Daisy founded a group of 18 young women called the Girls Guides of America, an organization we now know as the Girl Scouts.

The Girl Scouts organization, best known for its cookie sales, is an organization rooted in character, courage, and confidence to teach young girls leadership skills. Before its creation in 1912, organizations geared towards teaching young girls about anything other than the usual gendered norms was unheard of and discouraged. Juliette Gordon Low, a Savannah, Georgia native, sought to change that.