The Badge Archive

Ways to Celebrate

Official Badges

• See 2025 Women’s Day for The Badge Archive’s suggestions on using the Coding Basics badges for D/B/J for Women’s Day, celebrating Women in Computer Science.

Earn Patches!

Several GSUCSA Councils have Patch Programs devoted to Women!

Some Older Troops put together Patch Programs as well. Here’s one troop’s unique fun patch!

• Girl Scouts of Northern California (GSNorCal) Troop 61354 – Women Make History

Other Ways to Celebrate

👩‍🏫 Inspirational Stories: Share stories of influential women from history and modern times. Encourage the girls to discuss what they admire most about these women. Use a local historical woman as part of the My Promise My Faith Pin requirements! When not focused on a specific religion, honoring those that help our country that we have faith in counts. Remember that Daisy, Brownie, and Junior pins all have the same requirements.

🎨 Creative Projects: Create art projects that honor the women who inspire us. From painting portraits to crafting empowerment-themed posters, let the creativity flow! Earn one of the Art Badges while you are at it!

📚 Reading Hour: Read books by or about inspiring women. Celebrate their achievements and learn valuable lessons from their stories. Once again – you can use a local historical woman as part of the My Promise My Faith Pin requirements! When not focused on a specific religion, honoring those that help our country that we have faith in counts. Remember that Daisy, Brownie, and Junior pins all have the same requirements.

👩‍🔬 STEM Activities: Organize fun STEM activities to highlight the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and math. Let the girls explore and experiment! The Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Coding Basic badges all require you to learn about a female engineer.

🙌 Acts of Kindness: Encourage the girls to perform acts of kindness and support within their community, inspired by the strong women who make a difference every day. Go big and turn it into a Take Action Plan for a Journey.

Elementary Reading Recommendations

Remember that February is also National Reading Month. Books about women for Elementary students could be:

• “Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist” by Jess Keating – The inspiring story of Eugenie Clark, who dedicated her life to studying sharks.
• “Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race” by Margot Lee Shetterly – The story of four Black women who played crucial roles at NASA during the space race.
• “Mae Among the Stars” by Roda Ahmed – A picture book about Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space.
• “The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin” by Julia Finley Mosca -The story of Temple Grandin, a scientist and inventor who overcame autism.
• “The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath” by Julia Finley Mosca -The story of Dr. Patricia Bath, who became a pioneering ophthalmologist
• “Here Come the Girl Scouts!: The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette ‘Daisy’ Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure” by Shana Corey – The story of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts.
• “First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low” by Ginger Wadsworth – A detailed biography of Juliette Gordon Low.
• “Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist” by Sylvia Acevedo – The memoir of Sylvia Acevedo, a former Girl Scout who became a rocket scientist.

C/S/A Scouts

For our middle and high schoolers – join the Historical Figures for My Promise, My Faith project here on The Badge Archive.

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Resources:

International Women’s Day. “International Women’s Day 2019.” International Women’s Day, International Women’s Day, 2019, http://www.internationalwomensday.com/. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.