Growing Girls: The Natural Origins of Girls' Organizations in America

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265 Activities in Girl Scout Camps, 111–112 Addams, Jane, 57 Adolescence (Hall), 3, 13, 200 adolescence, discovery of, 2–5, 9–10, 13 adolescents. See boys; girls Albright, Horace, 85 Amateur Athletic Union, 203 American Breeders Magazine, 197 American Girl, The (Girl Scouts), 72, 143, 144, 224 American Girls’ Handy Book (Beard), 15, 188 American Home Economics Association , 160–161 American Museum of Natural History, 128 American Social Hygiene Association, 62 animal study, 130–133 “Any Girl,” 21, 116–117, 171 Appalachian Mountain Club, 85, 165 Apple Butter Days, 111 architecture: and children’s needs, 175–176; indigenous style, 97–105; natural style, 91–97, 242n43 auto tourism, 9, 84, 114, 221–223 Bacon, Josephine Daskam, 7, 235n49 Baden-Powell, Agnes, 23 Baden-Powell, Robert, 8, 18, 25, 45; and Girl Guides, 23–25, 172; on girls’ athletics, 203; and khaki fever, 63–64, 67; relationship with Juliette Low, 25–30 basketball, 78, 201, 203 Beard, Adelia, 6, 173; on cameras, 148–149; camp attire, 73, 241n49; on nature study, 125–126; on woodcraft, 134, 142–145, 188 Beard, Daniel Carter, 18 Beard, Caroline (Lina), 229; on cameras, 148–149; and Camp Fire, 15, 17–18; and Girl Pioneers, 6, 141–142; on pioneering, 126, 134, 173 bicycling, 31, 225–226 Bloomer, Amelia, 31 Brown, Anna, 15 boys, 117, 186, 203; development, 3–5, 15–16, 167–169; and pioneering, 138–139. See also Boy Scouts Boy Scouts (American), 3; bond selling, 58–59; and Camp Fire, 8, 15–18; canning, 54; and Girl Pioneers, 141; and Girl Scouts, 29–31, 45–47, 127, 232n24; in girls’ fiction, 207–208; and uniforms, 24, 34–35 Boy Scouts (British), 23–24 Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. Index 266 Index Bryant, Louise Stevens, 196 Buck v. Bell, 196 Burroughs, John, 125 cabins, 101–104; and health, 96; and the indigenous, 97–105; and natural style, 94–97; popularity of, 92–94 Cadet Manual, The (U.S. Army), 77 Cady, Bertha Chapman, 128 cameras, 148–150 Camp Andree Clark (Girl Scouts), 68, 88, 205 Camper’s Own Book, The (Camp Fire), 169 Camp Fawn Brook (Girl Scouts), 88–89 Camp Fire Girl Outdoor Book, The, 153 Camp Fire Girls: and attitudes toward rural America, 116–117; early history, 5–6, 14–18; and khaki fever, 65–66; and home chores, 166–167; proposed merger with Girl Scouts, 26–28; and racial health, 197–201. See also ceremonial gown; Minute Girls Camp Gales Ferry (Girl Scouts), 89 Camp Hilldale (Girl Scouts), 78 Camp Indian Run (Girl Scouts), 223–225 Camping Magazine, 294 Camp Kehonka (private), 4, 129–130, 242n45, 243n71 Camp Low (Girl Scouts), 90 Camp Odakota (Girl Scouts), 73–74, 137 Camp Proctor (Girl Scouts), 89 camps, 68–69; and disease, 192–193, 213; and dress, 71, 72; early history, 3–5; military layout, 73–74; relationship to democracy, 69–71; schedule 74–76, 75 Camp Sebago-Wohelo (Camp Fire), 131, 171, 200, 216 Camp Tall Trees (Girl Scouts), 187 Camp Tinicum (YWCA), 118, 134, 145, 183–184, 204–205, 215 Campward Ho! (Girl Scouts), 75, 151, 171, 202, 213, 216 canning, 53–55 Canning Clubs, U.S. Agricultural Department , 55 ceremonial gown, 19, 19–22, 32, 132 character building, 16; and exercise, 208; and Girl Scouts, 26, 44–45, 48; and nature, 86, 126 chautauqua, 86, 94, 241n35 child psychology, 13, 15, 175, 219 Choate, Anne Hyde, 44 citizenship, training for, 9, 54, 59; and Girl Scouts, 44–45, 48–49, 80–81; and militarism, 67–69 Clark, William, 68–69 cleanliness: and camp, 184–185, 189. See also hygiene Commission on Training Camp Activities (CTCA), 62–65, 237n29 Committee on Public Information, 56 Committee on Protective Work for Girls, 63 companionate marriage, 139, 141 competition, sports, 203 conservation (environment), 84–85 conservation (food), 49, 51–52 consumerism, and children, 32, 57, 81, 159 cooking, outdoor, 179–182 Council of National Defense, 62 Country Life movement, 87 Craig, H. M., 58 Darwin, Charles, 167 Davenport, Charles, 199 democracy of the wilderness, 69–73 Department for Safeguarding Moral and Spiritual Forces, 62 dieting, 214–218 division of labor, sexual, 6, 167–168 domestic science. See home economics Downing, Andrew Jackson, 94–95, 241n35 dress reform, 31 -32 Dummer, Ethel S., 65 Index 267 Ederle, Gertrude, 207 eugenics, 195–200 Eugenics Record Office, 199 Fairbanks, Douglas, 56 Farmer’s Wife Magazine, 116 Farnsworth, Charlotte, 15, 16, 108–109, 243n63...