Juliette Gordon Low
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Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts of America in 1912. She was born Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon on October 31, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia, was known as "Daisy" most of her life. At age 26, she married William Mackay "Willy" Low. She became completely deaf after a piece of rice lodged itself in her good ear, and became infected. She died January 17, 1927 (of cancer).
External links
- http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/low-jul.htm
- Visit Juliette (http://jfg.girlscouts.org/GS/JGL/visit/visit.htm) Website run by the Girl Scouts about Juliette Low.