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The First Girl Scout Cookie Drive


First Posted: 03/04/11 11:57 AM ET Updated: 05/26/11 02:56 PM ET

History Girl Scout Cookies

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So did you know that Herbert Hoover's wife "Lou" served as president of the Girl Scouts and helped coordinate one of the first Girl Scout Cookie Drives in 1935? Sixty five years later, in April of 2000, the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum held an exhibit entiitled, American Women! A Celebration of Our History.
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01:25 PM on 03/05/2011
The recipe linked within the article sounds like GS shortbread cookies.
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11:07 PM on 03/06/2011
It is. I made that recipe and used a Boy Scout cookie cutter for a Cub Scout function. They disappeared very fast.

Point of information not mentioned in the article, Girl Scout cookies went on sale in the early 1900's. They were handmade. They were handmade throughout the 20's and 30's http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/cookie_history/early_years.asp I have a girl who is a Girl Scout. I cannot imagine having to make and sell cookies.
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