Each year on October 31st, Girl Scouts throughout the United States Of America commemorate Founder's Day. The date was selected to remember the birthday of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low. Ms. Low, who blazed a trail for many girls to follow and lived a life of daring, self-assurance, and integrity, would not take "No" for an answer when dealing with negativity in her never-ending pursuit to make Girl Scouts of the USA a success.

Juliette Gordon Low, also known as "Daisy," founded Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912, at a time when women in the US didn't yet have the right to vote. Juliette expanded her first troop of 18 young girls into a worldwide organization with nearly 3 million members in 92 countries and over 59 million alumnae. She envisioned the Scouts from the beginning as a movement through which girls could band together, collaborate, communicate their individual strengths, and also realize their goals. In the end, as countless Girl Scouts have done since, she knew her noble vision and made a lasting mark on the world.

Ms. Low was born having the ability to hear but started to suffer a loss of her hearing when she was seventeen. She experienced severe hearing loss at the time she reached her mid-twenties and also had recurrent ailments like brain fever, earaches, and malaria. When she was 24 yrs. old she caught a serious infection in her right ear. Antibiotics were unknown back then however Juliette persuaded her doctor to try using the new treatment silver nitrate. Her doctor then utilized silver nitrate to deal with the infection which caused more harm, thus Juliette lost some of her hearing in that ear.