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ISbN 978-0-14-312289-0 $17.00 ($18.00 CAN)<br />

Biography 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 432 pp. Rights: W00<br />

32 pp b/w photos Pub history: Viking hc 978-0-670-02330-1<br />

On sale: 1/29/<strong>2013</strong><br />

SuggeSTeD ORDeR<br />

“ A biography that fully<br />

captures its dynamic<br />

subject and her greatest<br />

accomplishment.”<br />

—The Boston Globe<br />

“ Detailed and wellresearched.”<br />

—The Cleveland Plain Dealer<br />

Also AvAilABle FRoM <strong>Penguin</strong>:<br />

Alice 978-0-14-311427-7 $20.00<br />

“ Of the three books pegged to the Girl<br />

Scouts 100th . . . the merit badge here<br />

goes to Stacy Cordery’s biography.”<br />

—The Wall Street Journal<br />

Juliette Gordon Low<br />

The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts<br />

Stacy A. Cordery<br />

Born at the start of the Civil War, Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low<br />

struggled to reconcile being a good Southern belle with being true<br />

to her adventurous spirit. Accidentally deafened, she married<br />

a dashing British patrician and moved to England, where she<br />

quickly became dissatisfied with the aimlessness of privileged<br />

life. Her search for greater purpose ended when she met Robert<br />

Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, and was inspired to recreate<br />

his program for girls.<br />

The Girl Scouts of the USA—which can now count more<br />

than fifty-nine million American girls and women among its<br />

past members—aims to instill useful skills and moral values in<br />

its young members, with an emphasis on fun. In this lively and<br />

accessible biography of its intrepid founder, Stacy A. Cordery<br />

paints a dynamic portrait of an intriguing woman and a true<br />

pioneer whose work touched the lives of millions of girls and<br />

women around the world.<br />

n The hardcover was published to coincide with the Girls Scouts’ 100th<br />

anniversary and has received excellent media coverage<br />

n Stacy A. Cordery’s Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White<br />

House Princess to Washington Power Broker was a New York Times<br />

Notable Book<br />

n Visit stacycordery.com<br />

stACy A. CoRdeRy is a professor of history at<br />

Monmouth College and the bibliographer of the National First<br />

Ladies’ Library. She is the author of Alice, a biography of Alice<br />

Roosevelt Longworth. She lives in Monmouth, Illinois.<br />

Regional Appearances<br />

Online Publicity<br />

ClassiC <strong>Penguin</strong><br />

FebRuARy<br />

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