60% of US congresswomen were once Girl Scouts, as were many first ladies and family members. Despite this, only 8% of US women were Scouts. Famous Scouts include Lucille Ball and Martha Stewart, and over 2 million young Scouts and 900,000 adult members exist in the US. Over 200 million boxes of Girl Scout cookies are sold annually.
Girl Scouts may be more likely to enter politics in the United States, since 60% of US congresswomen were once members of the organization. There were also many first ladies and first family members, including Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughters Luci and Lynda. Despite the high concentration of Girl Scouts in politics, only about 8 percent of all women in the United States were Scouts.
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Other famous Girl Scouts include Lucille Ball, Sandra Day O’Connor, Martha Stewart, Gloria Steinem, Grace Kelly and Abigail van Buren, better known as Dear Abby.
As of 2010, there were over 2 million young Girl Scouts in the United States, nearly 900,000 adult members, and over 10 million Girl Scouts and Girl Guides worldwide.
Over 200 million boxes of Girl Scout cookies are sold each year.
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