Juliette Gordon Low: Founder of the Girl Scouts of America

Our People

by Deborah Kent

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the famed founder of the Girl Scouts of America, Juliette Gordon Low.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 2003

About the author

Deborah Kent was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Little Falls. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a master's degree from Smith College School for Social Work. For four years, she was a social worker at University Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side. In 1975, Ms. Kent moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she wrote her first young-adult novel, Belonging. In San Miguel, Ms. Kent helped to found the Centro de Crecimiento, a school for children with disabilities. Ms. Kent is the author of numerous young-adult novels and nonfiction titles for children. She lives in Chicago with her husband, children's author R. Conrad Stein, and their daughter, Janna.

Reviews

[Cecelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This biography of Juliette Gordon Low follows “Daisy” through the various ups and downs of her life. Always a bit wild and independent, she felt that girls deserved to explore nature and enjoy the Great Outdoors in scout groups, or troops, the same as boys. Her legacy has carried on to this day, with millions of girl scouts in countries around the world.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daisy Gordon Low is my new hero. If I could have dinner with any celebrity, living or dead, she would be the one!

[April Suter · Rating 3 out of 5]

A middle school biography of the woman who created the Girl Scouts.