Girl Scout Collection: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Girl Scout Collection, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Girl Scout Collection, by Various. Read by Betsie Bush. These articles, pamphlets, and stories relating to the Girls Scouts of America touch on the history, activities, ideals, and traditions of this remarkable girls' organization. Though some of the articles appear redundant, they were selected to represent a contemporary view spanning five years of the organization's early popularity (1917-1921). Of significance are the detailed descriptions of Girl Scout involvement in war work during what is now known as World War I. Girl Scouts were prepared through their training for merit badges to be independent, resourceful, reliable, and helpful. They were able to make their own clothes, grow and cook their own food, care for the sick, and start a small business--skills that prepared young women for their future roles as homemakers, workers, and citizens.A version of the story "The Brownies" is still part of the Brownie Girl Scout literature into the 21st century. The Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of Education edited by Foster Watson (1921) provides the following explanation under the entry for "Girl Guides": "The 'Brownies' are children under 11, who take two promises only, and whose motto is 'Lend a hand.' The scheme is based on Mrs. Ewing's story of the 'Brownies.'" Though not an official Girl Scout story, The Tadger Tales have become a tradition with many Girl Scout summer camp programs. The stories are read aloud and acted out with improvisation and much silliness. The event concludes with a secret Tadger club ritual involving a safety pin, some tape, and a bit of string.(Summary by Betsie Bush)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Girl Scout Collection
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 3:38:08

Catalogue topics

• Girl Scouts
• Brownies

Track guide

1. 01 - Girl Scout Movement in the Public Schools — 9:05
2. 02 - Girl Scouts — 8:48
3. 03 - Girl Scouts as an Educational Force — 18:51
4. 04 - Girl Scouts - Their Works, Ways, and Plays — 20:39
5. 05 - Girl Scouts : Their History and Practice — 15:03
6. 06 - Why I Believe in Scouting for Girls — 5:20
7. 07 - Girl Scouts : A Training School for Womanhood — 4:07
8. 08 - How Scouting Began — 4:19
9. 09 - Girl Scout Leaders — 11:03
10. 10 - Educational Work of the Girl Scouts — 40:47
11. 11 - The Tadger Tales — 24:23
12. 12 - The Brownies — 55:47

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