Boy Scouts Opened Core Programs to Girls in 2017, Later Renaming as Scouting America
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 25
Boy Scouts Opened Core Programs to Girls in 2017, Later Renaming as Scouting America
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 25
Summary
A 2017 vote by Boy Scouts of America let girls join its core programs, a shift the latest report says gave many girls access to the same skills-based scouting experience long reserved for boys.
The opinion piece contrasts Girl Scouts activities such as service visits and classes with Cub Scout training in knots, plants, fires and cold-weather camping that built confidence through testing and outdoor problem-solving.
In one troop of 10 girls, seven switched after hearing about Cub Scouts, and the writer says they stayed as the organization later broadened the change.
The group has since renamed itself Scouting America, and troops that were single-gender at the time can now be coed.