Wadworth, Ginger. First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliet Gordon Low.

Wadworth, Ginger.   First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliet Gordon Low.            Clarion see Houghton Mifflin

,2012.  210p.   $17.99.  ISBN 978-0-547-24394-8     all ages E-BN              

At a time in U. S. history when women were still kept in the background, Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low was a somewhat controversial woman who was truly ahead of her times.  She encouraged young girls to look forward to being not just a housewife, but also a professional woman in any field of study she should choose.  Although perhaps I am biased because I was a Girl Scout and gained a lot from being one, I must say that this book is about a gutsy woman who was willing to stand up for what she believed in and was passionate about -- namely, the capacity for women to achieve more in life than was the norm at the time.  Well researched and illustrated, using information gleaned from diaries and news articles, this book takes the reader through Juliette Gordon Low’s life from her youth as a girl with a hearing impairment to her relationship with Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, and her eventual founding of the Girl Scouts in the United States.  Black-and-white images that bring the text to life are lightly sprinkled throughout.  The book concludes with an author’s note, the music and lyrics to the classic Girl Scout song “Make New Friends”, a chronology, copious source notes, a bibliography and an index.               Subject:  Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927.                   Lynn Fisher