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Top 10 Sensational Facts about Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low, also affectionately known by her nickname 鈥淒aisy”, was the founder of the Girl Scouts movement in the United States. Inspired by the work of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts, She founded a movement where all girls could come together to embrace their unique strengths and become self-reliant in fulfilling their lifetime dreams.

She strongly believed that everything Girl Scouts do should unlock their full potential and raise their confidence鈥攁 powerful legacy that still feels relevant to all Girl Scouts around the world today.

Today the Organization she founded boasts over 1.7 million members in the United States alone, and it continues to empower girl scouts through activities that promote acquiring practical skills.

Here are the Top 10 Sensational Facts about Juliette Gordon Low.

1. She was almost Completely Deaf

Gordon Low struggled with hearing impairment throughout her life. First, she developed partial hearing loss in one of her ears after she underwent silver nitrate treatment to cure a chronic ear infection. 

The second eardrum was damaged by a piece of rice that got stuck in her ear during the rice shower after her wedding. The medical operation to remove the grain went horribly wrong as her ear drum was punctured leaving her completely deaf in that ear.

For the rest of her life, Juliette greatly struggled with hearing impairment, but that did not stop her from achieving all that she set out to achieve in her life.

2. She was married to a Wealthy British Family

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In the early of 1880s, Juliette met and fell in love with William Low, son of wealthy British businessman Andrew Low who had a house in Savannah. They started courting in secret but William left to study and they didn’t meet again until almost three years later.

In late 1885, William proposed marriage and their wedding ceremony was held at the house that is now known as the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace on December 21, 1886.

The couple spent much of their first two years of marriage apart, due to Juliette鈥檚 medical problems and William鈥檚 long hunting trips and gambling. The long separations, combined with her inability to bear children strained their relationship and they were in the process of divorce when William suddenly died in 1905.

3. She had a Passion for Arts

Juliette loved everything to do with the arts. A Passion she developed in her childhood and kept throughout her life. In fact, during her school days, she spent more time pursuing art and poetry than she concentrated on her studies.

She also wrote and performed plays, and even started a newspaper with her cousins which featured some of her early poetry. During her days as a scout leader, she encouraged the members to take up art as a way of making money and becoming self-sufficient.

After her death, friends and family members collected some of her artifacts which they preserved at her former home to commemorate her life. They include several of her own artworks, sculptures, Paintings, drawings, paper dolls, and a pair of iron gates she had designed for her home in Warwickshire.

 4. She founded Girl Scouts Movement in the USA

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Juliette became the founder of the Girl Scouts in the U.S. on March 12, 1912. She did so with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting Movement, whom she had met during her travels.

Back home, she first gathered and registered 18 girls with the promise to help them learn practical skills and build character. She introduced several programs, such as outdoor activities, adventures, special projects, and youth education in order to make girls confident in their pursuits in life.

The early growth of the movement in the United States was due to Juliet鈥檚 extensive social connections and early work to recruit new members and leaders, among them her family and friends. It was initially known as the Girl Guide before changing to the Girl Scout in 1915 and has more than 1.7 million members in the U.S today.

5. She came from an Influential Family

Juliette was born into an influential and wealthy family on both her mother’s and father鈥檚 sides. Her father William Washington Gordon II, was a cotton broker with the firm Tison & Gordon, which was later renamed to W. W. Gordon & Company, and was also a senior army officer for the confederates during the American civil war.

Her mother Nelly Kinzie, came from a prominent wealthy family from Chicago, Illinois, while her Paternal grandfather William Washington Gordon I, served in the Georgia legislature, became Mayor of Savannah, and founded the Central Rail Road and Banking Company.

6. She was popularly known as 鈥淒aisy鈥�

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Juliette was born on October 31, 1860, in Savannah, Georgia, to father William Washington Gordon and mother Eleanor Lytle Kinzie. The second of six children, she was named after her maternal grandmother but was quickly nicknamed 鈥淒aisy,” by her uncle.

Juliette stuck with the nickname throughout her life and it was the name she was commonly referred to by her friends, family members, and even her colleagues. As she grew older the nickname was again changed to 鈥淐razy Daisy鈥� due to her unconventional outlook on life.

Her friends often commented on her inability to keep track of time, her frequent “experiments” that went awry, and her acts of kindness that resulted in good-natured disasters

7. She died of Breast Cancer

Following a period of ill health, Juliette discovered she had breast cancer in 1923 but kept it a secret from her friend and relatives. She later became seriously ill after an operation to remove the malignant lumps and stayed bedridden for several months until February 1924.

She secretly had two more unsuccessful operations to try to cure her breast cancer but was informed by her doctor in 1925 that she had only about six months to live. Nevertheless, she continued to do work for the Girl Scouts and even sneaked away during her recovery from surgery to make a speech at the organization’s regional conference in Richmond.

In the following months, Juliette traveled to Liverpool, where Dr. William Blair-Bell was developing a treatment for cancer using a solution of colloidal lead. She tried it but the treatment was also unsuccessful, and she spent her 66th birthday fighting off lead poisoning.

Juliette traveled back to the United States and spent the last few months of her life at her family鈥檚 home in savannah before she died on January 17, 1927, at the age of 66 surrounded by her friends and family members. She was buried the next day in her Girl Scout uniform at Laurel Grove Cemetery.

8. She was named as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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In the past 95 years since her death, Juliette Low has received numerous posthumous honors for her contribution to the creation of the American Girl Scouts movement. 

The honors include the issuing of her commemorative postage stamp in 1948, her induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1979, and being named as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, by the then President of the United States, Barack Obama.

She was also inducted into the Savannah Women of Vision investiture in 2016, and her birthplace was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1965.

9. She was well educated

Juliette was raised in a modest family that valued and could afford a good education for their children. By the age of 12, she was sent to a number of different boarding schools in the north and south to obtain a good education and was particularly interested in music and art classes.

They included Miss Emmett’s School in New Jersey, the Virginia Female Institute, the Edgehill School, and Mesdemoiselles Charbonniers, a French finishing school in New York.

After finishing her schooling, Juliette took painting lessons in New York, with teachers including Robert Walter Weir, a prominent landscape painter. She also traveled to Europe where she learned several new skills, including Shorthand, woodworking, and even metalworking.

10. Her Birthday is commemorated by Scouts all over the World

Juliette Gordon Low was born on October 31, 1860, and her birthday is celebrated by Girl Scouts annually around the world as Girl Scout Founder鈥檚 day. The day commemorates her achievements in founding the Girls scout movement and the wonderful feat she did of bringing confidence to millions of girls in achieving their biggest dreams.

Traditional activities to celebrate Founders Day range from singing songs, performing skits, arts & crafts, playing games, or having a tea party. Other activities include fishing, camping, or participating in charity work.