5. Silver is precious; gold is, too.
I am precious and so are you.
CHRONOLOGY
1857 December 21: William (Willie) Washington Gordon and Eleanor (Nellie) Lytle Kinzie marry.
1858 September 27: Eleanor Gordon is born, nicknamed Nell.
1860 October 31: Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon is born, nicknamed Daisy.
November 6: Abraham Lincoln elected president of the United States.
1861 April 12: Fort Sumter fired upon, essentially starting the Civil War.
1863 August 7: Sarah Alice Gordon is born, called Alice.
1864 December 21: Union troops march into Savannah and the city surrenders.
1865 January: Daisy, her mother, and siblings go to stay with Grandmother Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie (Ganny) and Grandfather John Harris Kinzie in Chicago.
April 9: The Civil War ends.
April 14: President Abraham Lincoln is shot; he dies April 15.
June 21: Grandfather Kinzie dies.
1866 April 16: William Washington Gordon III is born, called Bill.
1870 September 15: Ganny Kinzie dies.
October 28: Mabel McLane Gordon is born.
1872 August 30: George Arthur Gordon, the youngest child of Willie and Nellie Gordon, is born, called Arthur.
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1873 Daisy starts boarding school at the Virginia Female Institute, now Stuart Hall School in Staunton, Virginia.
1879 Daisy begins attending Mesdemoiselles Charbonniers' finishing school in New York City.
1880 December 30: Sarah Alice Gordon dies of scarlet fever.
1885 January: Daisy becomes partially deaf in one ear.
1886 December 21: Daisy marries William Mackay Low.
Late December: Daisy becomes totally deaf in other ear.
1896 April 6 to 15: First International Olympic games held in the modern era, in Athens, Greece.
1898 April 21: Spanish-American War starts.
Summer: Daisy returns to the United States and, with her mother, cares for soldiers in a hospital in Florida.
1905 June 8: William Mackay Low dies.
1907 August: Robert Baden-Powell's experimental camp for boys is established at Brownsea Island in southern England. This is considered the unofficial start of Boy Scouts.
1908 September: Organized Boy Scouts commence with the opening of an office in London.
Scouting for Boys is published by Robert Baden-Powell.
1910 Girl Guide movement and organization starts in England.
1911 May 11: Daisy meets General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain and other countries, and his sister Agnes, first president of Girl Guides in Great Britain.
August: Daisy organizes a Girl Guide patrol in Glen Lyon, Scotland.
Fall: Daisy organizes two patrols in London.
1912 March 12: Daisy's niece, Margaret "Daisy Doots" Gordon, becomes the first registered Girl Guide in America. Seventeen other girls also register on that day.
April 15: The Titanic sinks in the Atlantic on its maiden voyage.
September 11: William Washington Gordon II dies.
1913 June: National Headquarters established in Washington, D.C.
The handbook How Girls Can Help Their Country is published.
Girl Scouts becomes the new name for Girl Guides in America.
1914 February: Trefoil design for membership badge is patented.
Summer: Great War in Europe begins (later called World War I).
1915 June 15: Girl Scout organization is incorporated.
June: Daisy elected president of Girl Scouts. Girl Scout bylaws and constitution adopted at first annual convention in Washington, D.C.
Daisy sells her string of pearls to fund the Girl Scouts' operating expenses for another year.
1916 April: Girl Scout headquarters moved to New York City.
Total of seven thousand girls enrolled in Girl Scouts.
First African American troops begin to form.
1917 February 22: Nellie Kinzie Gordon dies.
April 6: The United States enters World War I.
Spring: Edith Wilson, as First Lady, becomes the first honorary national president of Girl Scouts.
October: Monthly publication of The Rally begins.
First troop of physically handicapped girls is organized in New York City.
1918 Fall: The Golden Eaglet, the first film about the Girl Scouts, is shot on location in New York State.
November 11: World War I ends.
In recognition of Girl Scout bond sales totaling over $9 million during the war, the United States Treasury strikes the Girl Scout Liberty Loan Medal.
1919 February: First meeting of the International Council of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is held in London, England.
October: First nationwide celebration of Girl Scout Week.
1920 January: Daisy retires as president, takes title of Founder of Girl Scouts.
July: First International Conference of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is held in Oxford, England, and a delegation of American Girl Scouts attends.
August 18: Nineteenth Amendment passes, giving women the right to vote.
October 31: Founder's Day is established in Girl Scouts.
The Rally becomes The American Girl magazine.
Scouting for Girls: Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts, edited by Josephine Daskam Bacon, is published.
Badges in this decade show the changing times. Examples: Economist and Motorist badges.
1921 Camp Andree Clark, the first national Girl Scout camp, opens at Briarcliff Manor, New York.
1922 April: Publication of the monthly Girl Scout bulletin, Field News, begins.
Camp Juliette Low in Cloudland, Georgia, is personally established by Daisy.
1923 December: Field News is renamed Girl Scout Leader (later renamed Leader).
1926 May: Fourth International Conference of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and second World Camp, both the first in the United States, held at Camp Edith Macy in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Representatives from twenty-nine countries attend.
1927 January 17: Juliette Gordon Low dies.
February 22: First Thinking Day is celebrated.
Juliette Gordon Low World Friendship Fund started in Daisy's honor.
American girls living abroad first register as Troops on Foreign Soil (TOFS).
1928 May: World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is formed.
1929 First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, already active in Girl Scouting, gives the organization even more prestige.
First entirely Native American Girl Scout troop registers in central New York State.
By the end of the year, there are 200,000 Girl Scouts.
1932 March 12 is designated as the official birthday of Girl Scouts.
1936 First national sale of Girl Scout cookies.
1940 The Brownie Girl Scout category for ages seven to ten is added.
1942 October: Volunteers for Victory, a motion picture showcasing the important work of Girl Scouts in support of the World War II effort, and a plea for leaders, is released.
1944 March 12: President Franklin Roosevelt honors the Girl Scouts for donating over 15 million hours of service during the war effort since 1941.
May 12: The SS Juliette Low, a Liberty ship for the Merchant Marines, is launched.
1947 November 24: Name officially changes to Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA).
1948 October 29: The U.S. Post Office Department issues a three-cent commemorative stamp honoring Juliette Gordon Low.
1950 By the end of the year, there are 1.5 million Girl Scouts and adult volunteers.
1953 January: National Historic Preservation Center is established at the GSUSA National Headquarters in New York City.
December: Daisy's birthplace in Savannah, Georgia, is purchased by the GSUSA.
1956 October 19: Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace is dedicated as a Girl Scout National Program Center and a h
istoric house museum for the public.
1960s Four program age levels are established: Brownie, Junior, Cadette, and Senior Girl Scouts.
National Board strongly supports efforts to pass the Civil Rights Act.
1973 March 28: Portrait of Juliette Gordon Low by Edward Hughes is presented to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
1974 Bust of Juliette Gordon Low is placed in the Georgia Hall of Fame at the Georgia state capitol.
1975 November: Gloria D. Scott, the first African American national president of GSUSA, is elected.
1979 October 28: Daisy is inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.
1983 December: The Juliette Gordon Low Federal Complex opens in Savannah, Georgia, the second federal building to be named after a woman.
1992 July: National Headquarters of GSUSA moves to its current location at 420 Fifth Avenue in New York City.
1999 November: Connie Matsui, the first Asian American National President of GSUSA, is elected.
2005 October 14: Daisy is honored with a large bronze medallion set on the Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway near the White House in Washington, D.C.
2009 October 29: President Barack Obama signs the Girl Scouts of the USA Commemorative Coin Act to authorize the minting of 350,000 silver dollar coins. The coin honors Girl Scouts and the achievements of the 50 million women across the nation whose lives have been influenced by Girl Scouting in the organization's first one hundred years.
2012 March 12: The one hundredth anniversary of GSUSA is celebrated.
SOURCE NOTES
Complete information for these source notes can be found in the bibliography. I've used some common abbreviations:
Choate: Anne Hyde Choate and Helen Ferris, Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts: The Story of an American Woman, 1860–1927
FHQ: Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, First Headquarters, in Savannah, GA
GHS: Georgia Historical Society, in Savannah, GA
GGUK: Girlguiding UK
JGLB: Girl Scouts of the USA, Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, in Savannah, GA
NHPC: Girl Scouts of the USA, National Historic Preservation Center, in New York City
Shultz: Gladys Denny Shultz and Daisy Gordon Lawrence, Lady from Savannah: The Life of Juliette Low
Schriner: Gertrude Schriner and Margaret Rogers, Daisy's Chicago Heritage
UNC: University of North Carolina, Gordon Family Papers
INTRODUCTION
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[>] Loving one another ...: This is not a direct quote, but a summary of phrases, or paraphrases, based on Daisy's correspondence and speeches over the years.
CHAPTER ONE – LOVE AND WAR CLOUDS
[>] "looked just like ...": Shultz, p. 53.
[>] "steal the show": Shultz, p. 11.
[>] "I found that I really care ...": Shultz, p. 54.
[>] "never were the same in Savannah ...": Shultz, p. 19.
[>] "charming mischief-maker": Schriner, p. 24.
[>] "I bet she's going to be a 'Daisy'": Shultz, p. 67.
CHAPTER TWO – THE CIVIL WAR
[>] "I can even now feel the thrill ...": Choate ("When I Was a Girl" by Juliette Low), p. 3.
[>] "I suppose my father did it ...": Letter from Nellie Gordon to Ladies Home Journal, November 25, 1914 (GHS).
[>] "They came to my house frequently ...": Shultz, p. 87.
[>] "I've got a papa ...": Shultz, p. 90.
CHAPTER THREE – CHICAGO AND RECONSTRUCTION
[>] "that nice little beefsteak ...": Schriner, p. 35.
[>] "sweet and lovely [girl]": Shultz, p. 68.
[>] "took up our stand ...": Shultz, p. 90.
[>] "For a long time after ...": Shultz, p. 90.
[>] "The war is over! ...": Shultz, p. 99.
[>] "We've won ...": Shultz, p. 99.
[>] "Where did it go?": Shultz, p. 91.
[>] "This army has surrendered ...": Shultz, p. 93.
[>] "You'd best stay on in Chicago ...": Shultz, p. 93.
[>] According to one source ...: Shultz, pp. 102–3.
CHAPTER FOUR – SUMMERS AND SCHOOLS
[>] "There's just no use in me ...": Shultz, p. 46.
[>] "Well, it's not my fault ...": Shultz, p. 119.
[>] "It is hard to pay attention ...": Shultz, p. 124.
[>] "spittosporum": Shultz, p. 107.
[>] "This very day ...": Shultz, p. 107.
[>] "My dear little Daisy": Shultz, p. 108.
[>] "Please, don't try to manage everything ...": Shultz, p. 160.
[>] "I wore my white French muslin overskirt ...": Shultz, p. 145.
CHAPTER FIVE – AT THE CLIFFS
[>] "up-the-country": "Juliette Low: Juliette Low's School Days" by Daisy Gordon Lawrence, The American Girl, November 1938, p. 10.
[>] "only the tip of her sharp little nose ...": Choate ("Twenty Cousins in the Summer-Time" by Caroline Stiles Lovell), p. 20.
[>] "circus trunk ... filled with ...": Shultz, p. 23.
[>] "I was passing by a pig-sty ...": Choate ("Twenty Cousins in the Summer-Time" by Caroline Stiles Lovell), p. 24.
[>] "Dear [Mamma], we have such a nice time ...": Letter from JGL to her mother in 1873, not dated (NHPC).
[>] "had ledges at various heights ...": Choate ("Twenty Cousins in the Summer-Time" by Caroline Stiles Lovell), p. 23.
[>] "adored acting ...": Choate ("Twenty Cousins in the Summer-Time" by Caroline Stiles Lovell), p. 21.
[>] "Sister, you looked ...": Choate ("When I Was a Girl" by Juliette Low), p. 7.
[>] "its object was to help others": Choate ("When I Was a Girl" by Juliette Low), p. 6.
[>] "did not know how to sew herself!": Choate ("Twenty Cousins in the Summer-Time" by Caroline Stiles Lovell), p. 15.
[>] "Our first job was...": Juliette Low's annual birthday message, The American Girl, October 1926, p. 10.
[>] "had great fun in [their] club...": Choate ("When I Was a Girl" by Juliette Low), pp. 6–7.
CHAPTER SIX – FINISHING SCHOOL
[>] "You don't know how I love you...": Shultz, p. 145.
[>] 'There were no games...": Choate ("Daisy Goes to Boarding School" by Abby Lippitt Hunter), p. 30.
[>] "Boys were equally unwelcome...": Choate ("Daisy Goes to Boarding School" by Abby Lippitt Hunter), p. 30.
[>] "Can you realize..." "just precisely...": Shultz, p. 145.
[>] "was not only very entertaining...": Choate ("As Her Family Knew Her" by G. Arthur Gordon), p. 42.
[>] "How can you so desecrate the dead!": Shultz, p. 151.
CHAPTER SEVEN – LOVE AND MARRIAGE
[>] "You probably have not thought my grief...": Shultz, p. 156.
[>] "I am so glad you and Papa...": Shultz, p. 158.
[>] "He is a dear little dog...": Shultz, p. 159.
[>] "The waters do her good...": Shultz, p. 159.
[>] "[Willy] does not even know...": Shultz, p. 163.
[>] "I don't feel in the least afraid...": Shultz, p. 161.
[>] "And now you will probably keep me...": Shultz, p. 167.
[>] "I had [had] a series of ear infections...": www.scoutingweb.com.
[>] "so nervous to being distracted": Shultz, p. 169.
[>] "My dear Capt. Gordon...": Shultz, p. 172.
[>] "I am to live in Savannah...": Shultz, p. 173.
[>] "as good as engaged": Shultz, p. 163.
[>] "I am glad Willy was ashamed...": Letter to Daisy from her father, September 3, 1886 (JGLB).
[>] "sash ... looped with an elegant...": Savannah Morning News, December 22, 1886.
CHAPTER EIGHT – EUROPE
[>] "it was simpler...": Shultz, p. 198.
[>] "I let him fly about the drawing room...": Letter from Daisy in 1890 (JGLB).
[>] "I wore all my diamonds...": Letter from Daisy in May 1889 (JGLB).
[>] "It took us until six to walk...": Letter from Daisy in May 1889 (JGLB).
/> [>] "'look out for number one,'": Shultz, p. 187.
[>] "I felt exactly as if I were bowing...": Letter from Daisy in May 1889 (JGLB).
[>] "cut from sheets of the copper...": "1942 recollections" by Eleanor Wayne McPherson (NHPC).
[>] "I developed the muscles of my right arm...": "More About Juliette Gordon Low" by Alix Liddell, The Guide, April 22, 1949.
[>] "One thing I want very much...": Shultz, p. 192.
[>] "I keep thinking all day and dreaming all night...": Shultz, p. 193.
[>] "like Scotch weather...": Shultz, pp. 232–33.
CHAPTER NINE – WARS
[>] "I think it is all wrong. ...": Shultz, p. 214.
[>] "positive disgrace": Shultz, p. 218.
[>] "to her very finger tips": Choate ("As Her Family Knew Her" by G. Arthur Gordon), pp. 41–42.
[>] "Daisy is working like a brick": Shultz, p. 220.
[>] "annoyed at something...": Shultz, p. 232.
[>] "managed" Papa: Schulz, p. 233.
[>] "I see so little of Billow...": Shultz, p. 233.
[>] "our Daisy" or "our little Daisy": Shultz, p. 233.
[>] "Happiness is not the sum total...": Shultz, p. 234.
[>] "How could anyone possibly blame...": Shultz, p. 239.
[>] "neither maid, wife, or widow": Shultz, p. 243.
[>] "Divorce [is] wrong...": Shultz, pp. 242–43.
[>] "for the sake of those years...": Shultz, p. 251.
[>] "All my money bothers are now...": Shultz, p. 259.
[>] "held out kind hands...": Shultz, p. 259.
[>] "Hello Peggy, I have just arrived back...": "In Proud Memory of My Aunt Juliette Gordon Low" by Peggy Graves, not dated, p. 1 (NHPC).
[>] "brooded over the fact...": Choate ("As Her Family Knew Her" by G. Arthur Gordon), pp. 59–60.
CHAPTER TEN – A LIFE-CHANGING LUNCHEON
[>] "My own father and brothers...": Shultz, p. 264.
[>] "This Year"..."Never": Choate ("Our Delightful Companion" by Rowland Leigh), p. 149.
[>] "Wait to get your income...": Shultz, p. 271.
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