国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 3月13日 20時53分

This khaki uniform was controversial in the 1910s. The dress was the uniform of the Girl Scouts of America, who were founded this week (March 12) in 1912.
Originally, the group called themselves the Girl Guides of America. A year later, in 1913, they changed their name to the Girl Scouts of America. The name change concerned James E. West, the Chief Boy Scout Executive, as did the khaki uniforms which West found “mannish” and were very similar to the military-inspired khaki uniforms the Boy Scouts wore.
West expressed his concern … frequently. He even brought legal challenges against the Girl Scouts for using the term “scout.” The Girl Scouts’ detractors felt that the all-girl group’s similarity to the Boy Scouts “trivialized” the all-boy group. Critics also worried about girls becoming “tomboys” who would reject the more socially acceptable roles for women in the domestic sphere—homemaker, wife, mother.
Others thought that the Girls Scouts’ offering training for things like automobiling and civics was exactly what they should be doing. One national Girl Scouts board member wrote, “Now that [the right to vote] has been extended to women of this state . . . I believe there is no better way for [children] to learn to become good citizens.” During those first decades of American scouting, the tension between the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts was never truly resolved. However, several elements collaborated to blunt the anti-Girl Scout criticism. Women’s suffrage gained momentum and Girl Scouts demonstrated effective service on the home front during the First World War. In the mid-1920s, the group changed its uniforms to green, moving away from the more militaristic khaki. Check out the link in our bio to learn more.
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hintzleah I think this is a nice mustard color dress with big buttons. Too bad they chose to be called: Girl Scouts! Girls should be taught individuality in themselves and the word scouts were already taken by the male population. The term Girl Guides sounds better than Girl Scouts! I didn’t like being in Brownie in the 4th grade, I knew I was never going to follow in my cousins footsteps of growing into a Girl Scout!

kristweiss Ironic after the Boy Scouts’ hostility towards Girl Scouts as “trivializing” the boys and warning that they would become tomboys (horror!), that now they are trying to boost their dwindling numbers by accepting girls. It would have been better for them to work cooperatively with the Girl Scouts instead of undermining their membership.

josephine.zapatka We are Italian. My mom was only allowed to be a member of the Girl Guides in the 1920’s because she was Italian. I was a Girl Scout in the 1960’s.

shivejan When I was a girl scout, we had the same birthday. It made me feel special about being a girl scout.

thr0berts @linni1324 @kt_lostatsea @squidbee @alwrightalwright @kimmyjogo @byrdjulie @elizzod @kodfish_

mairin17 Actually it’s Girl Scouts of the USA (not “of America”, that’s the Boy Scouts)

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