page_title: Girl Scouts of the USA
section_title: Presidents
hierarchical_section_title: Girl Scouts of the USA / Presidents
context_page_description: Girl Scouts of the United States of America, commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. Founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, it was organized after Low met Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, in 1911. Upon returning to Savannah, Georgia, she telephoned a distant cousin, saying, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!"
  Girl Scouts prepares girls to empower themselves and promotes compassion, courage, confidence, character, leadership, entrepreneurship, and active citizenship through activities involving camping, community service, learning first aid, and earning badges by acquiring practical skills. Girl Scouts' achievements are recognized with various special awards, including the Girl Scout Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards.
  Girl Scout membership is organized according to grade, with activities designed for each level. GSUSA is a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and accepts girls of all backgrounds.
context_section_description: Juliette Gordon Low (1915–1920)
  Anne Hyde Choate (1920–1922)
  Lou Henry Hoover (1922–1925) (1935–1937)
  Sarah Louise Arnold (1925–1943) (first Dean of Simmons College, 1902–1921)
  Mira Hoffman (1926?–1930) (Mrs. William H. Hoffman)
  Birdsall Otis Edey (1930–1935) (Mrs. Frederick Edey) (after ceasing to be President she became National Commissioner for the Girl Scouts until her death in 1940)
  Henrietta Bates Brooke (1937?–1939) (Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke) (died 1967, her husband was the architect Frederick H. Brooke who designed the District of Columbia War Memorial)
  Mildred Mudd (1939–1941) (she later supported the founding of Harvey Mudd College named after her husband, Harvey Seeley Mudd)
  Helen Means (1941–1945) (Mrs. Alan H. Means) Later chairwoman of the World Board (WAGGGS) (1952–1957)
  Harriet Rankin Ferguson (1946–1951) (Mrs. Vaughan C. Ferguson)
  Olivia Cameron Higgins Layton (1951–1957) (Mrs. Roy F. Layton) (died 1975)
  Marjorie Mehne Culmer (1958–1963) (Mrs. Charles U. Culmer) (later chair of WAGGGS, died in 1994)
  Margaret W. Price (1963–1969) (Mrs. Holton R. Price Jr.) (died in 1973)
  Grace M. S. McKittrick MacNeil (1969–1972) (Mrs. Douglas H. MacNeil) (died in 2000)
  Marjorie Motch (1972-1975)
  Gloria Randle Scott (1975–1978)
  Jane C. Shields Freeman (1978–1984) (her husband is Orville Freeman)
  Betty Fuller Pilsbury (1984–1990), she received the Silver Buffalo Award in 1986.
  B. LaRae Orullian (1990–1996)
  Elinor Johnstone Ferdon (1996–1999)
  Connie L. Matsui (1999–2002)
  Cynthia B. Thompson (2002–2005)
  Patricia Diaz Dennis (2005–2008)
  Connie L. Lindsey (2008–2013)
  Kathy Hopinkah Hannan (2014–present)
caption: Portrait of Juliette Gordon Low (1887)
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