ST. LOUIS - This week, the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri celebrate 100 years of service. So, TISL’s Allie Corey sat down with 4 generations of scouts to learn the legacy of the organization.
A lot has changed with the Girl Scouts since 89-year-old Dorothy Kargus first got involved.
She sings a song as she remembers it, "I have something in my pocket belongs across my face, I'll keep it very close to me it’s a great big brownie smile."
Her daughter, Barbara Correll, laughed, "you left out a few lines, but yeah that’s basically it."
When great-grandmother Dorothy first got involved she was 29, her daughter Barbara was 7.
Correll said, "mom got us started in brownies in 1958 and then she was a girl scout leader for how many years mom?”
“25, I had a troop,” said Dorothy.
Sitting in between this mother and daughter are the youngest girl scouts in the family.10-year-old Fiona and 8-year-old Ainsley.
They're all scouts, but their experiences are much different.
Barbara reflected on her girl scouting days, "Basically when I had an opportunity to decide on a career pretty much what was available was teacher, nurse, or secretary. That was really all anyone talked about women doing in the 1960's."
The badges the girls get today include coding, not cooking.
The girls rattled off all the badges they’ve earned, “hiking, first aid, outdoor artist. I got customer insights business owner."
"Now girl scouting has so many ways to explore the world and to find out the opportunities that are available to them," explained Barbara.
Dorothy said, "I like the fact that women are being able to express themselves Today. Which really has changed a lot I guess in my time, but never having been shy myself I wouldn’t know."
There’s a wealth of scouting knowledge among these four and a bond that goes beyond the badge.
"I like hearing the stories from like when they were girl scouts," said Fiona.
As the girl scouts celebrate 100 years, these scouts share memories of the years they've had in the organization and look towards their future.
"I want to be a wrangler at horse camp,” said Fiona.
“I probably want to work at the zoo since there are lots of animals and I really like animals," smiled Ainsley.
