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Look Wider Still: The Subversive Nature of Girl Scouting in the 1950s

Look Wider Still: The Subversive Nature of Girl Scouting in the 1950s For Elizabeth and Lara Look Wider Still Th e Subversive Nature of Girl Scouting in the 1950s Susan H. Swetnam As those who follow women’s issues in the media will be aware, over the past few years Girl Scouts of the USA— an organization the name of which has been a byword for wholesomeness, even squareness— has become a fl ashpoint in the twenty- fi rst century culture wars over reproductive rights, diversity, and the alleged erosion of “American family values.” Girl Scouting, critics charge, has become outrageously liberal, even morally suspect. Indiana state repre- sentative Bob Morris made national headlines when he voted against a reso- lution congratulating American Girl Scouting on its 2012 centennial, asserting that all but three of the fi ft y role models presented on the Girl Scouts of the USA’s (gsusa) website were “feminists, lesbians, and/or Communists.” Critics have charged gsusa with promoting an lgbt agenda, citing acceptance of a transgender girl into a Denver troop. Commentators have lamented that the term “God” is now optional in the Girl Scout Promise and have complained that activities in the Girl Scout curriculum encourage girls “to explore mazes and stone or dirt labyrinths— symbols rooted http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies University of Nebraska Press

Look Wider Still: The Subversive Nature of Girl Scouting in the 1950s

Swetnam, Susan H.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies , Volume 37 (1) – May 19, 2016
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For Elizabeth and Lara Look Wider Still Th e Subversive Nature of Girl Scouting in the 1950s Susan H. Swetnam As those who follow women’s issues in the media will be aware, over the past few years Girl Scouts of the USA— an organization the name of which has been a byword for wholesomeness, even squareness— has become a fl ashpoint in the twenty- fi rst century culture wars over reproductive rights, diversity, and the alleged erosion of “American family values.” Girl Scouting, critics charge, has become outrageously liberal, even morally suspect. Indiana state repre- sentative Bob Morris made national headlines when he voted against a reso- lution congratulating American Girl Scouting on its 2012 centennial, asserting that all but three of the fi ft y role models presented on the Girl Scouts of the USA’s (gsusa) website were “feminists, lesbians, and/or Communists.” Critics have charged gsusa with promoting an lgbt agenda, citing acceptance of a transgender girl into a Denver troop. Commentators have lamented that the term “God” is now optional in the Girl Scout Promise and have complained that activities in the Girl Scout curriculum encourage girls “to explore mazes and stone or dirt labyrinths— symbols rooted

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Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies – University of Nebraska Press

Published: May 19, 2016

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