Happy Birthday, Juliette!

Hey, everyone!
Did you know that today is Juliette Low's Birthday? So, everyone better send in their best birthday greeting to her and take a look at these fun Juliette Gordon Low Facts!

#1: Did you know that to her family and friends she was called "Daisy" a name given to her by her uncle who commented, "I bet she's going to be a Daisy"?

#2: Did you know that aside from being an aspiring leader she was also a very accomplished painter, horseback rider and piano?

#3: How about the fact that she didn't marry until she was 26? An age that a girl back then might be considered an old maid.

#4: She also was a very gifted name giver giving names like Auto to her car and Polly to her parrot!

#5: One night when she was a little girl she went out into the cold a wrapped a blanket around the family cow. Did you know that?

#6: She married on the 21 of December, her parent's 29th anniversary!

#7: On the day of her wedding a grain of rice got lodged in her ear and got infected, also making her completely deaf.

#8: She aided in the war effort of the Spanish-American War.

#9: The first Girl Scout she registered was her niece and namesake, Margaret "Daisy Doots" Gordon!

#10: In 2012, President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Juliette! The highest medal a civilian of the US can be awarded!

Thanks for reading and don't forget a Happy Birthday to Juliette!

MJ

For More Info:

Biography - Juliette Gordon Low

http://www.biography.com/people/juliette-gordon-low-20766743#synopsis


Wikipedia - Juliette Gordon Low

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Gordon_Low

Girl Scouts - History

http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/history/low_biography/