Girls In Boy Scouts

From WMUR:

"Girls ages 11 to 17 can now join Boy Scout troops in New Hampshire"

For the first time, girls 11 and older can be part of a Boy Scout troop in New Hampshire.  “I've always loved scouting and when there was the opportunity to start a girl's troop, I thought that would be a lot of fun,” said Emma Sainsbury of Amherst. Beyond having fun, Emma and her sister Annabelle are breaking new ground in Amherst Troop 7. It's one of 16 new Boy Scout troops in the state created just for girls ages 11 to 17. “Now we get to watch these girls trail-blaze and do awesome things, and I'm really excited to be a part of it. They're really inspirational to me,” said Amy Harrison, the scoutmaster of Amherst Troop 7. Harrison said nearly a dozen girls signed up on the first day of registration in her troop. Many say it offers survival skills and outdoor experiences that they can't get anywhere else.  It expands on the Boy Scouts’ move last year to welcome younger girls into Cub Scouts. And it means girls like 10-year-old Bernadette Steele can stay in the program as they get older.  But not everyone understands the change. Harrison said there are a lot of misconceptions. The Boy Scouts want everyone to know that the new troops are not co-ed, but they will follow the Boy Scouts program and values.  “We recognized that boys and girls don't develop along the same time paths, and just to make sure that doesn't go away, we have only boy units and only girl units for the 11 to 17 age frames,” said Steve Curry, president of the Boy Scouts’ Daniel Webster Council. Harrison said that above all, it gives girls a choice.  Just being good human beings in their communities and giving good opportunities to their futures, who wouldn't want to give that to their daughters along with their sons,” she said.

^ My Mom was the den leader for my Cub Scout pack and she was the den leader for my sister's Girl Scouts pack and so I saw what the boys and the girls got to do. My Mom hated that the main leaders of the Girl Scouts only wanted girls to sell (and not even bake) cookies and really nothing else so she left. Now girls can leave the cookies behind (you can buy them on Amazon) and start having fun learning survival skills, etc. like the boys always did. The packs aren't co-ed and I'm not sure if the boys and girls will go to the same camping trips, jamborees, summer camps, etc. but at least now the girls have more of an option ^

https://www.wmur.com/article/girls-ages-11-to-17-can-now-join-boy-scout-troops-in-new-hampshire/26117889