Girl Scouts Celebrate 100 Years

On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low, whose friends knew her as Daisy, gathered a group of girls from Savannah, Ga., for the first Girl Scout meeting.

Low wanted to bring girls out of their isolated home environments and into community service and the open air. Remember, this was a few years before women earned the right to vote.

Girl Scouts of the USA now has more than 3.2 million members and some well-known alumni, including Candace Bergen, Lucille Ball, Laura Bush and Katie Couric.

Today the iconic American organization is celebrating 100th birthday with national events such as a 200,000-girl-strong sing-along on the Washington Mall and an attempt at the largest flash mob in history, featuring “jazz hands.”

This morning, representatives from Girl Scouts, and VIP guests rang the bell to open the NASDAQ market on Wall Street, with a message about girls’ financial empowerment.

In this video, Novato girl scouts come together for a brief flash mob outside of Toast restaurant at Hamilton Marketplace.

You go, girls!

Were you ever a Girl Scout? Tell us about the experience and what kind of impact it had on your life.