you can read the book, educate your girls about juliette low. there's two splendid books for younger girls, and educating girls telling the story to others is part of it. girls, when you have projects at school, do it on juliette gordon low. teach your classmates not at meetings about juliette, and the rest of us, you know, it's just a matter of spreading the word. here's a shameless plug. go to amazon and these three books, you can write about them, write why it's important. people buy books. i don't know how to educate because we don't have a, you know, future length film on juliette low. although, that's a great idea. [laughter] spread the word in any way we can. i hope what happens is next time history books are published, her name will be there. >> see this brownie right here? she had a question. remember the question? other questions? there's one in the back, michelle. >> thank you for speaking with us today. appreciate the history and sharing your knowledge. we talked a lot about the men that may have infliewpsed juliette. are there any wo

the founder of the girl scouts, juliette gordon low, was born here.ow fever epidemic in the early 1800s, many homes were built with unusual outer stairs. people believed that by raising the first floor, they'd be breathing cleaner, safer air. as we now know, yellow fever isn't carried by bad air, but by mosquitoes. even the cemetery is picturesque in an eerie way. there are tombstones dating back to colonial times. this was also a popular place to hold duels. many of the losers are buried here. in the late 1800s, fire destroyed the cathedral of st. john the baptist. only the exterior walls and twin spires survived, but the church was quickly restored to breathtaking splendor. savannah's home to the nation's oldest black baptist congregation, as well as one of the oldest jewish congregations. the organist at this church wrote a song for thanksgiving. it was an instant hit, and we still sing it today, but at christmastime. the song is "jingle bells"... though it's hard to imagine sleighs dashing through the snow in steamy savannah. for "teen kids news,"

that is exactly what juliette gordon low had in mind when she established the girl scouts. that was 100 years ago. before women had the right to vote, were expected to go to college or to participate in the business world. lowe was the product of the turn-of-the-century of bringing a found her true calling bringing the girls of all backgrounds together to learn about self-reliance, diversity and effectively participating in civic life. in fact, the first girl scout handbook was called hall girls can help their country. we would be pleased to know that two-thirds of the female members of congress have been gross accounts, and all fleecy female secretaries of state, condoleezza rice, madelei albright and hillary rodham clinton as well as sandra day o'connor, venus williams, lucille ball, and the list goes on. and putting future leaders right here in our audience. elie deal from 1327f with rage virginia. becky townson and members of troop 4006 from open virginia. yesterday the president honored her with the presidential medal of freedom. and today ana maria chavez her journey