"The Girl Scouts: A Training School for Womanhood" by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin is a book from the early 1900s about the importance of the Girl Scouts as an organization for young women. It talks about how Girl Scouts helps girls grow into strong and responsible adults by teaching them important values. The book highlights how bravery, a positive attitude, saving money, and helping others are key parts of being a Girl Scout. It shares stories and ideas about how girls can grow into good women by doing everyday tasks and helping their communities. Wiggin believes that women have special qualities that can make the world better and encourages girls to be proud of who they are and make a difference.
The Girl Scouts: A Training School for Womanhood
By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Discover a bygone era's vision of how young girls can blossom into exemplary women through character-building activities and community devotion, shaping not just their own destinies but the world around them.
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About the AuthorKate Douglas Wiggin was an American educator, author and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and composed collections of children's songs. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878. With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor.
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American educator, author and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and composed collections of children's songs. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878. With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor.
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