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‘Seat at the Table’ video: The Anatomy of a Change Agent

By: Katina Paron (Editor of Teen Voices) | January 27, 2017

Even though Marie Wilson and Tonie Chase are change agents from very different backgrounds, both credit the Girls Scouts for early leadership experiences.

confidence gap

Moms: 7 Ways to Help Your Daughters’ Self-Esteem

By: Diane Loupe | May 6, 2014

Here’s a present for any mother who is trying to cope with a daughter going through adolescence and suddenly not as confident as she once was: advice from the “chief girl expert” for Girl Scouts of USA.

Teen Voices

Female Teens Attest to Fading Confidence

By: Diane Loupe and Racheal Creech | April 26, 2014

The Ban Bossy campaign wants girls to hang on to a barometer of self-worth. One teen says in elementary school she “never worried about what everyone thought.” Fourth in the Bias Price series, with reporting from Racheal Creech.

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Girl Scouts Are Full of Stars, Mine is Miss Hazel

By: Diane Loupe | March 11, 2012

Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts in Savannah, Georgia, 100 years ago today. To mark the anniversary, Diane Loupe lovingly recalls a troop leader who told corny jokes and taught her to battle back the demons of dejection.

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Daughters of Imprisoned Moms Regroup for a Sequel

By: Ellen Spiro | December 8, 2011

“Troop 1500,” rebroadcasting tonight on PBS’s Independent Lens, is about Girl Scouts who trek together to visit mothers behind bars. Director Ellen Spiro talks here about the reunion sequel she is making with the daughters, five years later.

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Girl Scouts Cookie Sales Cultivate Young Leaders

By: Kathy Cloninger | October 22, 2011

Selling Girl Scouts cookies is more than a fundraiser; it shows women how to become strong leaders, says Kathy Cloninger in this excerpt from her new book “Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts.”

Health & Science

Spelman’s Winning Robotics Team De-Programs Bias

By: Marsha Walton | May 28, 2010

The SpelBots aren’t a band, they’re a robotics team from Spelman College in Atlanta. They are breaking down stereotypes about computer programmers, engineers and African American women wherever they go.

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Girl Scouts Blazing Its Own Trail on Lesbian Issue

By: Barbara Raab | July 7, 2000

The Boy Scouts vow to continue to exclude homosexuals, a position upheld by the Supreme Court, however the Girl Scouts and others organizations have anti-discrimination policies while barring sexual interactions between leaders and children.

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