Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon Low was the founder of the Girl Scouts in America. Juliette was born on October 31, 1860, in Savannah, Georgia. Forty years before her birth, the Gordon house was constructed. (Her house is said to be haunted by her father and mother.)

Located in the heart of the Savannah historic district, the "Birthplace" as it is commonly called, was Savannah's first National Historic Landmark. In 1831, Mayor James Moore Wayne sold the house to his niece, Sarah, and her husband, William Washington Gordon I, who was Juliette's grandfather. In 1953, Girl Scouts of the USA purchased the house from the Gordon family. It was opened on October 19, 1956, as a program center and a historic house museum.

Juliette Gordon Low lived a difficult life. When she was twenty-six years old, she was married to Willy Low. He was a charming man and came from a prominent family. At Juliette's wedding ceremony, a grain of rice went into her ear. The doctor who took the grain of rice out of her ear punctured her eardrum. She eventually became totally deaf.

Juliette and her husband lived in England. Juliette and Willy decided to get divorced because they were not happy together. Willy became very ill and died in 1905 before they were divorced.

In 1910, Juliette met another man by the name of General Sir Robert Baden Powell. He was the founder of the Boy Scouts and was a British military hero. They had a lot in common, and they both liked to talk to each other.

Juliette was fifty years old when she went back to the United States to start the Girl Scouts. Her niece was the first scout in America. Juliette Gordon Low died at her home in Savannah on January 18, 1927, after a long battle with cancer. She was buried next to her parents in her Girl Scout uniform. In her jacket when she was buried, a note said, "You are not the first Girl Scout, you are the best Girl Scout of them all." She will be remembered as a good heroine to all girls.