[Ads-l] Antedating of "Girl Scout"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed Feb 8 15:36:36 UTC 2023
Girl Scout (OED 1935)
1910 The Sphere (London) 15 Jan. 49 (ProQuest) We have both heard and read a good deal about the progress of the Boy-Scout movement and now we have the Girl Scouts, who are equally as keen and enthusiastic in their work as the boys.
NOTE: This citation seems to render the comment in OED about the "first Girl Scout troop" erroneous.
Fred Shapiro
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